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Modelling of the micromechanical behaviour of unidirectional fibre-reinforced ceramics by the example of SiC/SiC

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The modelling of the mechanical properties of a substructure, based on the properties of the individual phases and their interactions, is presented on the example of the unidirectional SiC fibre-reinforced SiC composite. The substructure is selected in such a way that the total structure can be modelled from a wide number of substructures. The numerical evaluation of the model is accomplished by means of the finite element method (FEM). Finally, in numerical simulations of a particular example, the statistically verified events of damage in the substructure are described.

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Ismar, H., Reinert, U. Modelling of the micromechanical behaviour of unidirectional fibre-reinforced ceramics by the example of SiC/SiC. Arch. Appl. Mech. 66, 34–44 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00786687

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