Lecture Notes on Composite Materials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Analysis Of Homogeneous And Non-Homogeneous Plates

   • Holm Altenbach

   Pages 1-36

3. Numerical methods for The Modelling Of Debonding In Composites

   • R. de Borst

   Pages 37-76

4. Micromechanics Of Composites

   • Ryszard Pyrz

   Pages 77-97

5. Non-Symmetric Thermal Shock In Ceramic Matrix Composite (Cmc) Materials

   • Tomasz Sadowski

   Pages 99-148

6. A Precis Of Two-Scale Approaches For Fracture In Porous Media

   • R. de Borst, J. Rethore, M.-A. Abellan

   Pages 149-171

7. Initial Deformations On Behaviour Of Elastic Composites

   • Eduard Marius Craciun

   Pages 173-192

8. Energy Criteria For Crack Propagation In Pre-Stressed Elastic Composites

   • Eduard Marius Craciun

   Pages 193-237

Composite materials are heterogeneous by nature, and are intended to be, since only the combination of different constituent materials can give them the desired combination of low weight, stiffness and strength. At present, the knowledge has advanced to a level that materials can be tailored to exhibit certain, required properties. At the same time, the fact that these materials are composed of various, sometimes very different constituents, make their mechanical behaviour complex. This observation holds with respect to the deformation behaviour, but especially with respect to the failure behaviour, where complicated and unconventional failure modes have been observed. It is a challenge to develop predictive methods that can capture this complex mechanical behaviour, either using analytical tools, or using numerical me- ods, the ?nite element method being the most widespread among the latter. In this respect, developments have gone fast over the past decade. Indeed, we have seen a paradigm shift in computational approaches to (composite) ma- rial behaviour. Where only a decade ago it was still customary to carry out analyses of deformation and failure at a macroscopic level of observation only – one may call this a phenomenological approach – nowadays this approach is being progressively replaced by multiscale methods. In such methods it is r- ognized a priori that the overall behaviour is highly dependent on local details and ?aws.

• ceramics
• composite material
• composite materials
• energy
• fracture mechanics
• material
• mechanics
• modeling

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  René Borst

• Department of Applied Mechanics Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Lublin, Lublin, Poland

  Tomasz Sadowski

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