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Application and Theoretical Analysis of C/SiC Composites Based on Continuum Damage Mechanics

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Based on the thermodynamic theory, an orthotropic damage constitutive model was developed to describe the nonlinear mechanical behavior of C/SiC composites. The different nonlinear kinematic and isotropic hardening functions were adopted to describe accurately the damage evolution processes. The damage variables were defined with the damaged modulus and the initial undamaged modulus on energy equivalence principle. The initial orthotropy and damage coupling were presented in the damage yield function. Tensile and in-plane shear loading and unloading tests were performed, and a good agreement between the model and the experimental results was achieved.

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    Yanjun Chang, Keshi Zhang & Jiannwen Ju

  2. School of Mechanics and Civil Construction, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Yanjun Chang, Guiqiong Jiao & Bo Wang

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA

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Chang, Y., Jiao, G., Zhang, K. et al. Application and Theoretical Analysis of C/SiC Composites Based on Continuum Damage Mechanics. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 26, 491–499 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-9166(13)60044-0

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