Numerical Study on Effects of Interphase in Natural Short Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Based on Cohesive Zone Model

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Natural short fiber reinforced polypropylene (PP) composite has great significance both in commercial and environmental and is widely used in motor industry. Its local inhomogeneity and interphase both affect the macroscopic properties of the composite. These phenomena are still difficult to observe and study accurately in the experiment. A cohesive zone model (CZM) based numerical simulation method is presented in this paper. The three-phase (matrix-interphase-fiber) model considering some different factors was developed to study the effects of interphase parameters on the mechanical properties of the composite.

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