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The effect of component size on the fracture of unidirectional
fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites
Fang Guangwu; Gao Xiguang; Song YIngdong
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CONTENTS
Why-Importance of size effect
What-Subject selection
How-Flowchart of simulation
Results-Conclusion and summary
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Why——Importance of size effect
1000mm 300mm 100mm
combustor exhaust nozzle turbine blade
Engineering application
expand
Laboratory testing
10mm
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What-Subject selection
Problem description
(1)Typical failure procedure of FRCMC[1]
Matrix cracking->crack propagation->fiber break
(2)Simulate the size effect
The distribution and size of crack is random
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How-Flowchart of simulation
Crack criterion[3]: K K C
c c c x xdx
Stress intensity factor[4]: K 2
2
0
c2 x2
Bridging law[5]: x f u x
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How-Flowchart of simulation
x f u x
Shear-lag model
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How-Flowchart of simulation
start
initiate a matrtix cracking and loading
FEM simulation
increment of crack
solve bridging stress and stress intensity
factor
K KC K KC
N N
Y
f f Y
N
f fu
Y
fiber breaking matrix cracking
end
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Results-Conclusion and summary
10
8
Crack length/mm
裂纹长度/mm
6
(1) the crack propagation
5 speed decreases as the
component size increase;
4
(2) while the steady-
3 state growth time
20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Tensile loading/MPa
拉伸应力/MPa
increases as the
50mm 100mm 500mm 1000mm component size increase
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Results-Conclusion and summary
44.5
(1) the nominal failure
44.0 stress of CMCs increases
43.5 as the component size
Failure stress (MPa)
43.0
increase when the size of
component and crack are
42.5
comparable
42.0
41.5 Failure stress
(2) when the component
41.0 size exceeds a certain
40.5 value, its nominal failure
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Specimen size (mm) stress will tend to a
constant.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by
(1)Funding for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in NUAA
(BCXJ14-02)
(2)The National Natural Science Foundation of China
(51105195 )
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