Progress in Micromechanical Research of Fracture of Composite Materials

Trans Tech Publications Inc, May 2010, Pages: 144

Series: Key Engineering Materials, Volume 430

Special topic volume with selected papers of Hideki Sekine.

This special issue collects together selected papers from the oeuvre of Professor Hideki Sekine concerning micromechanical research into the fracture of composite materials.

Micromechanical research into the fracture of composite materials is the main focus of his academic career. The phenomenon which we measure in terms of fracture toughness or fracture strength is a macro-scale behavior. It results from fiber-bridging, fiber-breakage, interface debonding, matrix cracking, matrix yielding, matrix creep and so on at the micro-scale. An important aim of his research is to extract meaningful factors affecting the fracture of composite materials and to incorporate those factors into the relevant mathematical model.

Sophisticated simulation techniques have recently been developed, and used to simulate multi-scale and multi-physical phenomena ranging from the molecular level up to the level of the structure. In these simulations, micromechanical modeling is more important due to its ability to extract meaningful results; even from massive numerical simulations. It is hoped that this special issue will provide impetus to making further progress in the fracture mechanics of composite materials.

Table of Contents (10 papers, 10 per page listed)

Biographical Record of Hideki Sekine p1

Fiber Bridging Effect on In-Plane-Shear Mode Crack Extension Resistance of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Hideki Sekine, Shoji Kamiya p19

Fracture Energy and Fracture Behavior of Short-Fiber-Reinforced SMC Composites
H. Suzuki, Hideki Sekine p31

Fracture Toughness of Whisker Reinforced Ceramics
Makoto Katagiri, Akihiko Kumaki, Yoshito Izumi, H. Suzuki, Hideki Sekine p41

Load Carrying Capacity of Notched CFRP Laminates
H. Suzuki, S. Kinugawa, Hideki Sekine p47

Damage Mechanism and Apparent Fracture Strength of Notched Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates
Shoji Kamiya, Hideki Sekine p53

Tensile Strength Deterioration of Short-Glass-Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics by Addition of a Slight Amount of Inorganic Agent
Hideki Sekine, K. Yamada p69

Effect of Matrix Hardening on Tensile Strength of Alumina-Fiber Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites
T. Okabe, M Nishikawa, Nobuo Takeda, Hideki Sekine p83

Stress-Corrosion Cracking in Unidirectional GFRP Composites
Hideki Sekine, Peter W.R. Beaumont p101

Multi-Scale Analysis of Viscoelastic Behavior of Laminated Composite Structures
Y. Shibuya, Hideki Sekine p115

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