A review of non-destructive techniques used for mechanical damage assessment in polymer composites

P Duchene, S Chaki, A Ayadi, P Krawczak - Journal of materials science, 2018 - Springer
Polymer composite materials are being increasingly used in primary load-bearing structures
in several advanced industrial fields such as aerospace vessels, railway wagons and mega …

Fatigue behavior and modeling of short fiber reinforced polymer composites: A literature review

S Mortazavian, A Fatemi - International Journal of Fatigue, 2015 - Elsevier
Applications of short fiber reinforced polymer composites (SFRPCs) have been rapidly
increasing and most of the components made of these materials are subjected to cyclic …

A phase field approach for ductile fracture of short fibre reinforced composites

A Dean, J Reinoso, NK Jha, E Mahdi… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fracture events in short fibre reinforced polymer (SFRP) composites are one of the most
limiting phenomena for their widespread use in many engineering applications, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Damage mechanisms in short glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic during in situ microtomography tensile tests

H Rolland, N Saintier, G Robert - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Micromechanical modelling of short fibre reinforced thermoplastics requires identification of
damage mechanisms and their kinetics as a function of their microstructure. A compact …

Viscoelastic-viscoplastic homogenization of short glass-fiber reinforced polyamide composites (PA66/GF) with progressive interphase and matrix damage: New …

Q Chen, G Chatzigeorgiou, G Robert, F Meraghni - Mechanics of Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, an original probabilistic micromechanics damage framework involving multi-
deformation mechanisms, based on the modified Mori-Tanaka and Transformation Field …

Fatigue behavior and modeling of short fiber reinforced polymer composites including anisotropy and temperature effects

S Mortazavian, A Fatemi - International Journal of Fatigue, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of anisotropy and temperature on cyclic deformation and fatigue behavior of
two short glass fiber reinforced polymer composites were investigated. Fatigue tests were …

[HTML][HTML] A micromechanical cyclic damage model for high cycle fatigue failure of short fiber reinforced composites

PA Hessman, F Welschinger, K Hornberger… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a micromechanical high cycle fatigue damage model for short fiber
reinforced composite materials. Because the damage processes within such materials are …

An innovative computational framework for the analysis of complex mechanical behaviors of short fiber reinforced polymer composites

Z Li, Z Liu, Z Lei, P Zhu - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Computational micromechanics analysis of short fiber reinforced polymer (SFRP)
composites is of great significance to provide an understanding of the relationship between …

Phenomenological multi-mechanisms constitutive modelling for thermoplastic polymers, implicit implementation and experimental validation

F Praud, G Chatzigeorgiou, J Bikard, F Meraghni - Mechanics of Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, a phenomenological model for thermoplastic polymers involving several
mechanisms is proposed. The constitutive equations lie within the framework of …

Effect of surface preparation on the strength of vibration welded butt joint made from PBT composite

EA Showaib, AH Elsheikh - Polymer Testing, 2020 - Elsevier
Vibration welding technique has been widely used to weld molded surfaces parts produced
by injection or compression molding techniques. However, the majority of early studies used …