Scaling Effects on the Tensile Strength of Fibrous Composites

Abstract:

The primary objective of this paper is to illustrate the effects of weak-link scaling on the tensile behaviour of fiber-reinforced composites. The proposed model takes into account the random nature of fiber strength, which is given by a two-parameter Weibull distribution function. Several hundred Monte-Carlo replications are executed to simulate the statistical strength distributions of the composites. It is shown that probabilistic tensile strength distributions and size scaling is dependent on both the stress redistribution and the fiber strength statistics.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 525-526)
• Pages: 149-152
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.525-526.149
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Fang Wang, Lu Li, Zhi Qian Chen
• Keywords: Composite Material, Modeling, Tensile Behavior, Weibull Statistics

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