Effect of interface fracture on the tensile deformation of fiber-reinforced elastomers

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 4287-4297

  Moraleda, Joaquín ^a   Segurado, Javier ^a   Llorca, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational micromechanics; Fiber reinforced elastomers; Interface decohesion; Micromechanical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL MICROMECHANICS; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERFACE DECOHESION; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; INTERFACE FRACTURE; INTERFACE PROPERTY; INTERFACE STRENGTH; INTERFACE TOUGHNESS; MICROMECHANICAL MODELING; MICROMECHANISMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REINFORCED ELASTOMERS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; TENSILE DEFORMATION;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; FIBERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 70350113505     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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