Orthotropy rescaling and implications for fracture in composites

@article{citeulike:763405, abstract = {For most practically important plane elasticity problems of orthotropic materials, stresses depend on elastic constants through two nondimensional combinations. A spatial rescaling has been found to reduce the orthotropic problems to equivalent problems in materials with cubic symmetry. The latter, under favorable conditions, may be approximated by isotropic materials. Consequently, solutions for orthotropic materials can be constructed approximately from isotropic material solutions or rigorously from cubic ones. The concept is developed to gain insight into the interplay between anisolropy and finite geometry. The inherent simplicity of the solutions allows a variety of technical problems to be addressed efficiently. Included are stress concentration related cracking, effective contraction of orthotropic material specimens, crack deflection onto easy fracture planes, and surface flaw induced delamination.}, author = {Suo, Z. and Bao, G. and Fan, B. and Wang, T. C. }, citeulike-article-id = {763405}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(91)90208-W}, journal = {International Journal of Solids and Structures}, keywords = {anisotropy, composite, fracture}, number = {2}, pages = {235--248}, posted-at = {2006-07-18 20:39:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Orthotropy rescaling and implications for fracture in composites}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(91)90208-W}, volume = {28}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:763405 L3 - citeulike-article-id:763405 N2 - For most practically important plane elasticity problems of orthotropic materials, stresses depend on elastic constants through two nondimensional combinations. A spatial rescaling has been found to reduce the orthotropic problems to equivalent problems in materials with cubic symmetry. The latter, under favorable conditions, may be approximated by isotropic materials. Consequently, solutions for orthotropic materials can be constructed approximately from isotropic material solutions or rigorously from cubic ones. The concept is developed to gain insight into the interplay between anisolropy and finite geometry. The inherent simplicity of the solutions allows a variety of technical problems to be addressed efficiently. Included are stress concentration related cracking, effective contraction of orthotropic material specimens, crack deflection onto easy fracture planes, and surface flaw induced delamination. IS - 2 JF - International Journal of Solids and Structures EP - 248 TI - Orthotropy rescaling and implications for fracture in composites VL - 28 SP - 235 KW - anisotropy KW - composite KW - fracture AU - Suo, Z AU - Bao, G AU - Fan, B AU - Wang, TC PY - 1991/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(91)90208-W ER -