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Brittle coating studies on fibrous composites
Author(s) -
Chaturvedi S. K.,
Agarwal B. D.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
strain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1475-1305
pISSN - 0039-2103
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1305.1978.tb01894.x
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , brittleness , orthotropic material , coating , epoxy , stress (linguistics) , compression (physics) , principal stress , cantilever , structural engineering , finite element method , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , shear stress
A brittle coating stress analysis technique applicable to orthotropic materials has been developed. The technique has been applied to a unidirectional glass fibre reinforced epoxy. Its behaviour has been studied under uniaxial and biaxial stress fields using cantilever beam specimens and circular disc specimens under diametral compression. Fibre orientation in the specimens has been varied. In each case it has been observed that the cracks represent the direction of principal strains in the specimen material and not the direction of principal stresses. Application of brittle coating techniques has been suggested to establish the direction and magnitude of principal stresses and strains at every point in a problem with unknown stresses and strains.