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THE ULTIMATE TENSILE-STRENGTH OF METAL AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES
The tensile strength of ceramic and metal matrix composites is subject to an important role of the fiber/matrix interface. The mechanical properties of this interface dictate the stress concentration that develops in fibers that surround a failed fiber. An analysis of this phenomenon is used to illustrate interface conditions that sufficiently diminish the stress concentration that a global load sharing criterion may be used to prescribe the contribution of the fibers to the composite strength. This, in turn, leads to a criterion for the transition to failure by local load sharing.
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research article
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Publication date
1993
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Volume
41
Start page
871
End page
878
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Peer reviewed
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November 7, 2014
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