Fiber-Reinforced Polymer and Ceramic Composites: Fracture Mechanics
A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 2556
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fiber-reinforced polymer and ceramic composites, which are extensively used in the automobile, marine, and aviation industry can suffer from delamination due to production defects, the impact of hail and birds, overloading, and incorrect machining operations, etc. Components made of fiber-reinforced polymer and ceramic composites with reduced delamination may lose stiffness or provide a path for water ingression, and with delamination growth, ultimately an entire component failure may occur. The most dangerous form of failure of the component or structure made of fiber-reinforced polymer and ceramic composites is delamination. Therefore, it is crucial to investigate the fracture properties of fiber-reinforced polymer and ceramic composites before using them in these industries. Though several standard fracture mechanics test methods are available in the scientific world, the development of these methods or the introduction of new methods to determine the delamination growth resistance, or fracture toughness of fiber-reinforced polymer and ceramic composites are still promising areas of study due to their high demand.
The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on collecting recent research studies and review papers on fracture mechanics and the improvement of test methods to determine Mode I, Mode I, Mode III, or mixed-mode delamination growth of fiber-reinforced polymer and ceramic composites. Moreover, the editors invite research works to be published in this Special Issue regarding finite element model and the simulation of fracture tests such as cohesive zone modeling. Any other experimental, theoretical, and numerical work associated with the mechanism of delamination growth in fiber-reinforced polymer and ceramic composites will be a good fit with the scope of this Special Issue.
Dr. Munshi Mahbubul Basit
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- unidirectional fibers
- woven fibers
- polymer matrix composite
- ceramic matrix composite
- fracture mechanics
- delamination
- interlaminar fracture toughness
- finite element analysis
- cohesive zone modelling
- mechanical tests
