Showing papers by "Vadim V. Silberschmidt published in 1995"

Scaling and multifractal character of matrix cracking in carbon fibre-reinforced cross-ply laminates

Abstract: SUMMARY The paper presents the interpretation of the experimental data on the matrix cracking in the carbon fibre-reinforced epoxy laminates under tensile cyclic loading. The conception of the characteristic damage state is verified in terms of the temporal scaling of matrix cracking. Additional information on the character of the cracks' distribution along the axis of the specimen is obtained by utilization of the concept of multifractals. The proposed procedure of the experimental data treatment is applied for the various loading histories and composite structures (stacking order). The ways of the utilization of obtained characteristics in mechanical models of matrix cracking is discussed.