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Modeling the Tensile Behavior of Cross-Ply C/SiC Ceramic-Matrix Composites

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The tensile behavior of cross-ply C/SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) at room temperature has been investigated. Under tensile loading, the damage evolution process was observed with an optical microscope. A micromechanical approach was developed to predict the tensile stress–strain curve, which considers the damage mechanisms of transverse multicracking, matrix multicracking, fiber/matrix interface debonding, and fiber fracture. The shear-lag model was used to describe the microstress field of the damaged composite. By combining the shear-lag model with different damage models, the tensile stress–strain curve of cross-ply CMCs corresponding to each damage stage was modeled. The predicted tensile stress–strain curves of cross-ply C/SiC composites agreed with experimental data.

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This work was sponsored by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20140813), the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2012M511274), and the Introduction of Talents Scientific Research Foundation of Nan**g University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Grant No. 56YAH12034). The authors also thank the anonymous reviewers and editors for their valuable comments.

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 505-530 , May-June, 2015.

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Li, L.B., Song, Y.D. & Sun, Y.C. Modeling the Tensile Behavior of Cross-Ply C/SiC Ceramic-Matrix Composites. Mech Compos Mater 51, 359–376 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-015-9507-6

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