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Article Dans Une Revue Engineering Fracture Mechanics Année : 2010

Modelling the competition between interface debonding and particle fracture using a plastic strain dependent cohesive zone

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In metal matrix composites made of elastic spherical reinforcements (zirconia and/or silica ceramics) embedded in an aluminium matrix two damage mechanisms are observed to trigger failure: particle fracture or decohesion at the particle-matrix interface. Experimentally, it was shown that the dominant damage mechanism is governed by the matrix plastic characteristics: a soft matrix composite shows interface debonding while particles breakdown occurs in the composite with a hard matrix. The physics underlying this dependence are related to plastic strain near the interface which can assist decohesion. We present a cohesive zone model for the particle-matrix interface that accounts for local plastic strain effects, based on the analysis of the influence of dislocation accumulation on the local stress level. Such a description is shown able to capture the experimental observations while being simple to implement in a finite element code, as performed here with Abaqus.

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hal-00528006 , version 1 (20-10-2010)

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Y. Charles, R. Estevez, Y. Brechet, E. Maire. Modelling the competition between interface debonding and particle fracture using a plastic strain dependent cohesive zone. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2010, 77 (4), pp.705-718. ⟨10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.11.012⟩. ⟨hal-00528006⟩
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