| Abstract: | This paper investigates matrix debonding from filler particles as a mechanism for weakening of a filled polymer. We analyze several simplified models of debonding. Our main concern is its effect on the overall elastic instants; for each debonding model, we calculate the change ΔW in overall strain energy density due to debonding. The resulting formulas for ΔW are all special cases of one general expression. Accordingly, we propose that this expression describes a broad class of debonding models, including some for which a detailed stress and strain analysis is not possible. |
