2维C/SiC复合材料的拉伸损伤演变过程和微观结构特征

通过单向拉伸和分段式加载-卸载实验,研究了二维编织C/SiC复合材料的宏观力学特性和损伤的变化过程.用扫描电镜对样品进行微观结构分析,并监测了载荷作用下复合材料的声发射行为.结果表明:在拉伸应力低于50MPa时,复合材料的应力-应变为线弹性;随着应力的增加,材料模量减小,非弹性应变变大,复合材料的应力-应变行为表现为非线性直至断裂.复合材料的平均断裂强度和断裂应变分别为23426MPa和0.6%.拉伸破坏损伤表现为:基体开裂,横向纤维束开裂,界面层脱粘,纤维断裂,层间剥离和纤维束断裂.损伤累积后最终导致复合材料交叉编织节点处纤维束逐层断裂和拔出,形成斜口断裂和平口断裂.

DAMAGE EVOLUTION AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A CROSS-WOVEN C/SiC COMPOSITE UNDER TENSILE LOADING

The damage evolution and the associated mechanical response of a 2 dimensional C/SiC composite were investigated under monotonic and stepwise incremental loadings and unloadings.The microstructures of the samples were observed by scanning electron microscopy and the damage behavior under mechanical loading was monitored by the acoustic emission technique.The results show that the stress-strain of the composite is linear at stress below 50 MPa.The modulus of the material decreases and the inelastic strain increases with the increase of tension stress,and the composite exhibits a largely non-linear stress-strain behavior up to rupture.The mean fracture strength and failure strain of the composite are 234.26 MPa and 0.6%,respectively.The tensile damage behavior in-volves:matrix microcracking,transverse bundle cracking,interfacial debonding,fiber fracture,ply delamination and bundle splitting.The damage accumulation eventually results in splitting and pull-outs of the fibers at the crossovers between the bundles,leading to two major rupture modes of the oblique and plain sections.