Localized fiber waviness and implications for failure in unidirectional composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1225-1244

  Garnich, Mark R ^a   Karami, Ghodrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Fiber waviness; Micromechanics; Strength

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FIBER DEFECTS; FIBER WAVINESS; FIBROUS COMPOSITES; MICROMECHANICS MODELING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 23244454475     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998305048748     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Joyce, P.J., Kugler, D. and Moon, T.J. (1997). A Technique for Characterizing Process-induced Fiber Waviness in Unidirectional Composite Laminates using Optical Microscopy, Journal of Composite Materials, 31: 1694-1727.
2. Davis, J.G. (1975). Compressive Strength of Fiber-reinforced Composite Materials, In: Composite Reliability, ASTM STP 580, pp. 364-377.
3. Piggott, M.R. (1995). The Effect of Fiber Waviness on the Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional Fiber Composites - A Review, Composites Science Technology, 53: 201-205.
4. Chaplin, C.R. (1977). Compressive Fracture in Unidirectional Glass-reinforced Plastics, Journal of Materials Science, 12: 347-352.
5. Piggott, M.R. (1992). Mesostructures: An Overview, In: 37th International SAMPE Symposium, SAMPE, pp. 738-746.
6. Bogetti, T.A., Gillespie, J.W. and Lamontia M.A. (1992). Influence of Ply Waviness on the Stiffness and Strength Reduction of Composite Laminates, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 5: 344-369.
7. Garnich, M. and Karami, G. (2004). Finite Element Micromechanics for Stiffness and Strength of Wavy Fiber Composites, Journal of Composite Materials, 38: 273-292.
8. Mrse, A. and Piggott, M.R. (1990). Relation Between Fiber Divagation and Compressive Properties of Fiber Composites, In: 35th International SAMPE Symposium, pp. 686-695.
9. Piggott, M.R. and Lam, P.W.K. (1991). Fatigue Failure Processes in Aligned Carbon-epoxy Laminates, In: Composite Materials: Fatigue and Fracture, ASTM STP 1110, pp. 686-395, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia.
10. Adams, D.O. and Hyer, M.W. (1994). Effects of Layer Waviness on the Compression Fatigue Performance of Thermoplastic Composite Laminates, Fatigue, 16: 385-392.
11. Hsiao, H.M. and Daniel, I.M. (1996). Effect of Fiber Waviness on Stiffness and Strength Reduction of Unidirectional Composites under Compressive Loading, Composites Science Technology, 56: 581-593.
12. Hsiao, H.M. and Daniel, I.M. (1996). Nonlinear Elastic Behavior of Unidirectional Composites with Fiber Waviness under Compressive Loading, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 118: 561-570.
13. Wisnom, M.R. and Atkinson, J.W. (2000). Fiber Waviness Generation and Measurement and its Effect on Compressive Strength, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 19: 96-110.
14. De Morais, A.B. and Marques, A.T. (1997). A Micromechanical Model for the Prediction of the Lamina Longitudinal Compression Strength of Composite Laminates, Journal of Composite Materials, 31: 1397-1412.
15. Kugler, D., Joyce, P.J. and Moon, T.J. (1997). Investigation on the Effect of Part Length on Process-induced Fiber Wrinkled Regions in Composite Laminates, Journal of Composite Materials, 32: 1728-1757.
16. Karami, G. and Garnich, M. (2005). Effective Moduli and Failure Considerations for Composites with Periodic Fiber Waviness, Composite Structures, 67(4): 461-475.
17. Stecenko, T. and Piggott, M.R. (1997). Fiber Waviness and Other Mesostructures in Filament Wound Materials, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 16: 1659-1674.
18. Bradley, D.J., Adams, D.O. and Gascoigne, H.E. (1998). Interlaminar Strains and Compressive Strength Reductions Due to Nested Layer Waviness in Composite Laminates, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 17: 989-1011.
19. Hashin, Z. (1980). Failure Criteria for Unidirectional Fiber Composites, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 47: 329-334.
20. Chun, H.J., Shin, J.Y. and Daniel, I.M. (2001). Effect of Material Geometric Nonlinearities on the Tensile and Compressive Behavior of Composite Materials with Fiber Waviness, Composites Science Technology, 61: 125-134.
21. Highsmith, A.L., Davis. J.J. and Helms, K.L.E. (1992). The Influence of Fiber Waviness on the Compressive Behavior of Unidirectional Continuous Fiber Composites, In: Composite Materials: Testing and Design, ASTM STP 1120, pp. 20-36, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia.
22. Fisher, F.T., Bradshaw, R.D. and Brinson, L.C. (2003). Fiber Waviness in Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Composites-I: Modulus Predictions using Effective Nanotube Properties, Composites Science Technology, 63: 1689-1703.
23. Piggot, M.R. and Harris, B. (1980). Compression Strength of Carbon, Glass and Kevlar-49 Fibre Reinforced Polyester Resins, Journal of Materials Science, 15: 2523-2538.
24. Lagoudas, D.C. and Saleh, A.M. (1993). Compressive Failure due to Kinking of Fibrous Composites, Journal of Composite Materials, 27(1): 83-106.
25. Budiansky, B. and Fleck, N.A. (1993). Compressive Failure of Fibre Composites, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 41(1): 183-211.
26. Fleck, N.A., Deng, L. and Budiansky, B. (1995). Prediction of Kink Width in Compressed Fiber Composites, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 62: 329-337.
27. Kyriakides, S., Arseculeratne, R., Perry, E.J. and Liechti, K.M. (1995). On the Compressive Failure of Fiber Reinforced Composites, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 32(6/7): 689-738.
28. Mayes, J.S. (1999). Multicontinuum Failure Analysis of Composite Structural Laminates, PhD Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
29. ABAQUS Standard Finite Element Software (2002). Hibbit, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc., USA.
30. Tsai, S.W. and Wu, E.M. (1971). A General Theory of Strength of Anisotropic Materials, Journal of Composite Materials, 5: 58-69.
31. Narayanaswami, R. and Adelman, H.M. (1977). Evaluation of the Tensor Polynomial and Hoffman Strength Theories for Composite Materials, Journal of Composite Materials, 11: 366-377.