2D-SiC/SiC复合材料损伤耦合力学行为

基于轴向和45°偏轴加载实验,分别获得2D-SiC/SiC复合材料在单一轴向应力和复合应力状态下纤维束轴向方向上的拉伸、压缩和面内剪切应力-应变行为,计算分析材料在复合应力状态下的损伤耦合力学行为。结果表明,在45°偏轴拉伸和压缩复合应力状态下材料损伤耦合力学行为的起始应力分别约为40MPa和-100MPa。复合应力状态下材料纤维束轴向方向上的拉伸损伤和面内剪切损伤进程间具有相互促进作用,面内剪切损伤对压缩损伤进程具有促进作用,但是压缩应力分量对面内剪切损伤进程具有明显的抑制作用;上述损伤耦合作用随着应力水平的增加而越发显著。由试件断口电镜扫描结果可知,复合应力状态下材料纤维束轴向方向上3个应力分量对材料内部0°/90°和45°3种取向基体裂纹开裂损伤进程的影响作用,是2D-SiC/SiC复合材料产生损伤耦合力学行为的主要细观损伤机制。     

Correlation of elastic properties of melt infiltrated SiC/SiC composites to in situ properties of constituent phases

The ability to correlate the elastic properties of melt infiltrated SiC/SiC composites to properties of constituent phases using a hybrid Finite Element approach is examined and the influence of material internal features, such as the fabric architecture and intra-tow voids, on such correlation is elucidated. Tensile testing was carried out in air at room temperature and 1204 °C. Through-thickness compressive elastic modulus utilizing the stacked disk method was measured at room temperature. In situ moduli of constituent materials were experimentally evaluated using nano-indentation techniques at room temperature. A consistent relationship is observed between constituent properties and composite properties for in-plane normal and shear moduli and Poisson’s ratio at room temperature. However, experimental data for through-thickness compressive elastic modulus is lower than the calculated value. It is hypothesized that the existence of voids inside the fiber tows and their collapse under compressive loads is the cause of such discrepancy. Estimates for the change in elastic moduli of constituent phases with temperature were obtained from literature and used to calculate the elastic properties of the composites at 1204 °C. A reasonable correlation between the in-plane elastic moduli of the composite and the in situ elastic properties of constituent phases is observed.     

纤维束波动效应对平纹编织复合材料损伤行为的影响

平纹编织复合材料中纤维束波动效应会引起随动材料主方向变化及面外剪切应力集中,为了研究其对平纹编织复合材料力学性能及损伤行为的影响,提出改进的像素法细观有限元单胞模型。模型根据纤维束波动曲线定义了材料主方向的变化,采用Hashin准则模拟纤维束的损伤起始,并引入剪切修正因子考虑面外剪切应力对面内拉伸损伤的影响。模型可以预测平纹编织复合材料的面内拉伸强度和损伤演化过程,结果表明:纤维束材料主方向波动会引起平纹编织复合材料面内拉伸强度下降;面外剪切应力集中是导致复合材料最终失效的主要原因,且随着剪切修正因子增大,复合材料面内拉伸强度显著降低;纤维束材料主方向波动和面外剪切应力集中均对平纹编织复合材料的损伤行为和破坏机理产生了影响,需要在数值分析中对其进行准确描述。      

Mechanical properties of 3D fiber reinforced C/SiC composites

High toughness and reliable three dimensional textile carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide composites were fabricated by chemical vapor infiltration. Mechanical properties of the composite materials were investigated under bending, shear, and impact loading. The density of the composites was 2.0–2.1 g cm⁻³ after the three dimensional carbon preform was infiltrated for 30 h. The values of flexural strength were 441 MPa at room temperature, 450 MPa at 1300°C, and 447 MPa at 1600°C. At elevated temperatures (1300 and 1600°C), the failure behavior of the composites became some brittle because of the strong interfacial bonding caused by the mis-match of thermal expansion coefficients between fiber and matrix. The shear strength was 30.5 MPa. The fracture toughness and work of fracture were as high as 20.3 MPa m^1/2 and 12.0 kJ·m⁻², respectively. The composites exhibited excellent uniformity of strength and the Weibull modulus, m, was 23.3. The value of dynamic fracture toughness was 62 kJ·m⁻² measured by Charpy impact tests.     

Failure and strength of 2D-C/SiC composite under in-plane shear loading at elevated temperatures

In-plane shear strength (IPSS) of a two-dimensional carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite (C/SiC) was measured by compression of double-notched specimens (DNS) from room temperature to 1873 K. The result indicates that the compression of DNS is an effective method to measure IPSS of C/SiC. A significant dependence of IPSS on temperature was found for C/SiC. IPSS increases with increasing temperature up to 1273 K, and then decreases when the temperature was higher. The main failure modes under the shear loading contain matrix cracking, delamination and pullout of fibers and fiber bundles.     

预制体结构及界面对三维SiC/SiC复合材料拉伸性能的影响

为研究预制体结构及界面对三维编织SiC/SiC复合材料拉伸性能的影响,采用先驱体浸渍裂解法（PIP）分别制备了三维四向和三维五向SiC/SiC复合材料,并引入热解炭/碳化硅（PyC/SiC）复合界面层,进行拉伸性能测试和断口形貌观察。结果表明,三维五向SiC/SiC复合材料拉伸性能优于三维四向SiC/SiC复合材料,三维五向SiC/SiC复合材料的拉伸强度、模量和断裂应变分别是三维四向SiC/SiC复合材料的1.22倍、1.25倍、1.43倍,且比三维四向SiC/SiC复合材料具有更好的强度可靠性。这是由于三维五向SiC/SiC复合材料增加了受力方向的纤维含量,限制了纤维在外力作用下的转动和变形,起到定型和稳固作用。添加PyC/SiC复合界面层,三维五向SiC/SiC复合材料的拉伸强度、模量及断裂应变分别提高了21.7%、15.0%和11.0%。界面的存在可以保护纤维,调节纤维与基体之间的热应力,受力时诱使裂纹偏转和分叉,消耗能量,提高三维五向SiC/SiC复合材料的拉伸性能。      

Effect of strain rate on the mechanical behaviors of SiC fiber

In the present paper, tensile experiments of SiC fiber bundles under different strain rates (quasi-static: 10^–4–10^–3 s^–1, dynamic: 200–1200 s^–1) are carried out and the corresponding stress-strain curves are obtained. It is found that the mechanical properties of SiC fiber bundles are rate-dependent: the elastic modulus E, strength _b and the failure strain _b remain unchanged under quasi-static condition, while they apparently increase with increasing strain rate under dynamic condition. Based on the fiber bundles model and the statistical theory of fiber strength, a bi-modal Weibull statistical model of the strain rate dependence is adopted to describe the strength distribution of SiC fiber, and the Weibull parameters are obtained by the fiber bundles testing method. Consistency between the simulated and experimental results indicates that the model and the method are valid and reliable.     

正交铺设陶瓷基复合材料单轴拉伸行为

采用细观力学方法对正交铺设陶瓷基复合材料单轴拉伸应力-应变行为进行了研究。采用剪滞模型分析了复合材料出现损伤时的细观应力场。采用断裂力学方法、 临界基体应变能准则、 应变能释放率准则及Curtin统计模型4种单一失效模型确定了90°铺层横向裂纹间距、 0°铺层基体裂纹间距、 纤维/基体界面脱粘长度和纤维失效体积分数。将剪滞模型与4种单一损伤模型结合, 对各损伤阶段应力-应变曲线进行了模拟, 建立了复合材料强韧性预测模型。与室温下正交铺设陶瓷基复合材料单轴拉伸应力-应变曲线进行了对比, 各个损伤阶段的应力-应变、 失效强度及应变与试验数据吻合较好。分析了90°铺层横向断裂能、 0°铺层纤维/基体界面剪应力、 界面脱粘能、 纤维Weibull模量对复合材料损伤及拉伸应力-应变曲线的影响。      

Influence of porosity and fibre coating on engineering elastic moduli of fibre-reinforced ceramics (SiC/SiC)

Porosity generally has a large influence on the modulus of monolithic ceramics. Little, however, is known about its influence in fibre-reinforced ceramics. In the present investigation the influence of porosity on the elastic moduli, i.e. the longitudinal modulus E_L, the transverse modulus E_T and the longitudinal shear modulus G_LT, of unidirectional SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composites is studied. SiC fibres (Nicalon NLM 202) with pyrocarbon coatings of different thicknesses were chemically vapour impregnated by SiC. The axial tensile modulus proved to be little influenced by a porosity content of 13–14%. In fact, the measured modulus was 4–7% smaller than the value predicted with the classical linear rule of mixtures making use of elastic constants of each component and assuming porosity does not reduce the moduli of the different components. On the other hand, the shear and transverse moduli are excessively reduced by the presence of porosity. For a porosity content of 14%, the reduction is roughly 50 and 60% compared with theoretical values for pore insensitive and dense material computed with the model of composite cylinder assemblage and the polarization extremum principle. Finally, the influence of pore morphology on the elastic moduli is discussed.     

Evaluation of three in-plane shear test methods for advanced composite materials

This paper is concerned with the evaluation of three in-plane shear test methods for advanced carbon fibre composites for aerospace applications. To accomplish this goal, the losipescu, ± 45° tensile and 10° off-axis tensile shear test methods were evaluated for three advanced epoxy matrix materials (Narmco 5245C, Hexcel F584 and American Cyanamid Cycom 1806) reinforced with Hercules IM6 carbon fibres. The values of in-plane shear moduli obtained from the three test methods and three materials were then used with other previously determined elastic constants to predict the tensile moduli of (+45°/0°/−45°/90°)_6s laminates. Comparison of the predicted and experimental laminate tensile moduli showed that any one of the three shear test methods was appropriate for determining the in-plane shear modulus to predict tensile moduli of symmetric laminates which consist of equal numbers of 0°, +45°, −45° and 90° oriented laminae.     

Selection of an in-plane shear test method based on the shear sensitivity of laminate tensile modulus

The sensitivity of the tensile modulus for a number of Hercules AS4/3501-6 laminates to changes in the values of in-plane shear modulus was used to select the fibre orientations for four highly shear-sensitive laminates of the form [±θ₁,±θ₂]_3s. The in-plane shear moduli for the Hercules AS4/3501-6 composite material were then determined for 90° Iosipescu, 10° off-axis tensile and ±45° tensile specimens. These values were used with classical laminate plate theory to predict laminate tensile moduli. The best agreement between these predicted values and those which were experimentally measured was obtained when the ± 45° tensile test method was used to determine the in-plane shear modulus.     

三维编织SiC/SiC复合材料拉伸和弯曲损伤机制

为了研究三维编织SiC/SiC复合材料损伤机制,开展了室温条件下的单调拉伸和三点弯曲试验。实验前,利用CT扫描手段,明确了三维编织SiC/SiC复合材料试样的编织组织形态。对拉伸和三点弯曲试样的微观分析表明:原生孔洞和微裂纹导致了材料在单调拉伸过程中形成局部应力集中,随着拉伸载荷的增大,基体的横向开裂和纤维束间纵向层间裂纹逐渐演化形成纤维内部裂纹,导致材料最终的脆性断裂失效;在三点弯载荷作用下,表现为剪切、拉压共生的多耦合破坏模式,拉应力一侧首先发生失效,随后在中性面处发生剪切破坏,紧接着失效迅速向上下两侧扩展,直至截面在整个厚度方向发生失效;断口与纤维束的走向相关性很大,裂纹基本上沿着纤维束之间的界面进行扩展,导致最终失效未发生在理论失效位置处。      

界面脱粘对正交铺设SiC/CAS复合材料基体开裂的影响

采用细观力学方法研究了正交铺设SiC/CAS复合材料在单轴拉伸载荷作用下界面脱粘对基体开裂的影响。采用断裂力学界面脱粘准则确定了0°铺层纤维/基体界面脱粘长度, 结合能量平衡法得到了主裂纹且纤维/基体界面发生脱粘(即模式3)和次裂纹且纤维/基体界面发生脱粘(即模式5)的临界开裂应力, 讨论了纤维/基体界面剪应力、 界面脱粘能对基体开裂应力的影响。结果表明, 模式3和模式5的基体开裂应力随纤维/基体界面剪应力、 界面脱粘能的增加而增加。将这一结果与Chiang考虑界面脱粘对单向纤维增强陶瓷基复合材料初始基体开裂影响的试验研究结果进行对比表明, 该变化趋势与单向SiC增强玻璃陶瓷基复合材料的试验研究结果一致。     

Effect of frequency and environment on fatigue behavior of a CVI SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composite at 1200 °C

The fatigue behavior of a SiC/SiC CMC (ceramic matrix composite) was investigated at 1200 °C in laboratory air and in steam environment. The composite consists of a SiC matrix reinforced with laminated woven Hi-Nicalon™ fibers. Fiber preforms had boron nitride fiber coating applied and were then densified with CVI SiC. Tensile stress-strain behavior and tensile properties were evaluated at 1200 °C. Tension-tension fatigue tests were conducted at frequencies of 0.1, 1.0, and 10 Hz for fatigue stresses ranging from 80 to 120 MPa in air and from 60 to 110 MPa in steam. Fatigue run-out was defined as 10⁵ cycles at the frequency of 0.1 Hz and as 2 × 10⁵ cycles at the frequencies of 1.0 and 10 Hz. Presence of steam significantly degraded the fatigue performance. In both test environments the fatigue limit and fatigue lifetime decreased with increasing frequency. Specimens that achieved run-out were subjected to tensile tests to failure to characterize the retained tensile properties. The material retained 100% of its tensile strength, yet modulus loss up to 22% was observed. Composite microstructure, as well as damage and failure mechanisms were investigated.     

2.5D-C/SiC复合材料的拉伸损伤研究

通过2.5D-C/SiC陶瓷基复合材料的面内拉伸试验, 研究了材料在拉伸载荷作用下的力学性能和损伤演化过程, 建立了2.5D-C/SiC复合材料的应力型和应变型拉伸损伤演化模型. 结果表明, 材料沿纵向和横向的拉伸应力－应变曲线相似, 损伤过程基本相同. 对应于拉伸应力应变曲线的三个特征切线模量, 面内拉伸的损伤演化过程可以分为三个阶段: 初始损伤阶段、损伤加速阶段和损伤减缓阶段. 由应力型损伤演化模型可以推导出三个损伤阶段的两个特征应力, 其中第一特征应力可以作为工程比例极限的参考值.     

Effects of interface coating and nitride enhancing additive on properties of Hi-Nicalon SiC Fiber reinforced reaction-bonded silicon nitride composites

Strong and tough Hi-Nicalon SiC fiber reinforced reaction-bonded silicon nitride matrix composites (SiC/RBSN) have been fabricated by the fiber lay-up approach. Commercially available uncoated and PBN, PBN/Si-rich PBN, and BN/SiC coated SiC Hi-Nicalon fiber tows were used as reinforcement. The composites contained 24 vol% of aligned 14 m diameter SiC fibers in a porous RBSN matrix. Both one- and two-dimensional composites were characterized. The effects of interface coating composition, and the nitridation enhancing additive, NiO, on the room temperature physical, tensile, and interfacial shear strength properties of SiC/RBSN matrix composites were evaluated. Results indicate that for all three coated fibers, the thickness of the coatings decreased from the outer periphery to the interior of the tows, and that from 10 to 30 percent of the fibers were not covered with the interface coating. In the uncoated regions, chemical reaction between the NiO additive and the SiC fiber occurs causing degradation of tensile properties of the composites. Among the three interface coating combinations investigated, the BN/SiC coated Hi-Nicalon SiC fiber reinforced RBSN matrix composite showed the least amount of uncoated regions and reasonably uniform interface coating thickness. The matrix cracking stress in SiC/RBSN composites was predicted using a fracture mechanics based crack bridging model.     

面外波纹对复合材料层合板弹性性能的影响

基于经典层合板理论（CLT）,提出一个多参数解析模型,定量研究了面外波纹缺陷对含波纹缺陷的复合材料层合板弹性模量、剪切模量和泊松比等弹性性能的影响。 结果表明:面外波纹对主弹性模量、Z向弹性模量、X - Z平面剪切模量和面内泊松比都产生了显著影响;对于碳纤维/环氧树脂材料体系算例,在特定波纹比和波纹区域范围内,面内泊松比出现了负值。该建模方法为研究波纹缺陷对复合材料层合板弹性性能影响提供了参考。      

Creep behavior of SiC fiber-reinforced hot-pressed Si3N4 composites

The creep response of SiC fiber-reinforced Si₃N₄ composites has been measured using four-point flexural loading at temperatures of 1200–1450°C and stress levels ranging from 250 to 350 MPa. Parameters characterizing the stress and temperature dependence of flexural creep strain rates were determined. A numerical analysis was also performed to estimate the power-law creep parameters for tensile and compressive creep from the bend test data. The incorpoporation of SiC fiber into Si₃N₄ resulted in substantial improvements in creep resistance even at very high stresses. The steady-state creep deformation mechanism, determined to be subcritical crack growth in the unreinforced matrix, changed to a mechanism in the composites of repeated matrix stress relaxation-fiber rupture-load dispersion by the matrix. Multiple fiber fracture rather than multiple matrix cracking resulted. The tertiary creep in the composite resulted from the rapid growth of the microcracks which initiated from the fiber rupture sites. Fiber strength, matrix cracking stress and interfacial shear strength have been identified as the key microstructural parameters controlling the creep behavior of the composite.     

Micromechanical modeling of damage and failure mechanisms in C/C–SiC

This paper deals with modeling of damage and failure mechanisms observed in 2D C/C–SiC composite samples loaded by tension, shear and compression. In a specimen subjected to tension, the early stage of damage is characterized by transverse cracking. Further load increase induces fiber failure in the longitudinal plies, which leads to fracture. Shear loading gives origin to cracks oriented at 0°/90° and 45° to the fiber axes, the latter causing fracture. Specimens loaded in compression exhibit catastrophic failure due to microbuckling of fiber bundles. Micromechanical models are formulated for the discussed mechanisms. Results of numerical simulations show good agreement with experiments and the ability of the model to describe more complex loadings.     

2D-C/ SiC 复合材料的宏观拉压特性和失效模式

通过拉伸、压缩实验, 从宏观上研究了平纹编织C/ SiC 复合材料在简单载荷作用下模量、残余应变及泊松比的变化。通过断口观察, 分析了材料在面内拉、压载荷作用下的损伤与失效模式。实验结果表明, 拉伸载荷作用下, 材料在低应力就开始损伤。0°纤维束表面基体开裂和层间裂纹是主要损伤形式。损伤后, 随着应力增加, 拉伸卸载模量、泊松比线性减小, 残余应变增加; 压缩应力-应变基本呈直线关系, 模量、泊松比基本不变。拉伸破坏表现为韧性断裂, 断裂机理为分层后0°纤维束的断裂、携带90°纤维束拔出; 压缩破坏形成一个与加载方向成13°的断裂平面, 破坏机理为层间裂纹、0°/ 90°纤维束之间裂纹和90°纤维束内裂纹的产生和迅速扩展、最后0°纤维束剪切断裂。