The compressive failure of aligned fiber composite materials

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dc.contributor.advisorKyriakides, S.
dc.creatorArseculeratne, Ruwan, 1968-
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-19T23:48:42Z
dc.date.available2023-11-19T23:48:42Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.description.abstractThe present understanding of the compressive behavior of fibrous composites is somewhat limited. Reliable compressive test methods are one of the keys to understanding the complex compressive failure process in these materials. Compressive test devices that are currently in use often encounter difficulties with stress concentrations and instabilities. In addition, current micromechanical approaches have shown only moderate success in predicting the compressive strengths of these materials. This thesis examines some new experimental and micromechanical modeling aspects of compressive failure in fibrous composites. To achieve a better understanding of the compressive failure, two new specimen geometries were used to determine the compressive strength of an AS4 carbon fiber/PEEK composite. The first involved a thin-walled, hoop-wound ring loaded laterally in a confined ring loading device. These specimens reached maximum compressive strains as high as 1.08 % but exhibited a significant amount of scatter. The second involved circular cylindrical rod specimens with tapered and untapered test sections that were loaded axially in a special loading device. The tapered test specimens reached maximum compressive strains that were comparable to the ring specimens (1.04 %) and experienced less scatter. The constant cross section specimens did not achieve the same level of performance as the tapered specimens. However, the confined end condition was able to preserve the failed microstructure in these specimens by limiting the amount of post failure deformation. With the insight gained through these experiments and previous microbuckling modeling efforts, an alternate method of modeling this failure mode was undertaken. The model consists of individual fibers separated by matrix material. The model considers the fibers to be geometrically imperfect and also includes the nonlinearity of the matrix material. This analysis was able to show that a critical mechanism in microbuckling failure is the interaction between the geometric imperfections and material nonlinearity which produces a limit load type response
dc.description.departmentAerospace Engineering
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/122674
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/49477
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
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dc.subjectFibrous composites testing
dc.subjectMaterials compression testing
dc.subjectMicromechanics
dc.subjectComposite materials compression testing
dc.subjectCompressive failure
dc.subjectFiber composite materials
dc.subjectCompressive failure modeling
dc.subjectCompressive strength prediction
dc.subjectMicrobuckling modeling
dc.subjectMicrobuckling failure
dc.subject.lcshFibrous composites--Testing
dc.subject.lcshMaterials--Compression testing
dc.subject.lcshComposite materials--Compression testing
dc.subject.lcshMicromechanics
dc.titleThe compressive failure of aligned fiber composite materials
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentAerospace Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineAerospace Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science in Engineering

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