A micromechanical damage model for effective elastoplastic behavior of partially debonded ductile matrix composites

Abstract A micromechanical damage model considering progressive partial debonding is presented to investigate the effective elastoplastic-damage behavior of partially debonded particle reinforced ductile matrix composites (PRDMCs). The effective, evolutionary elastoplastic-damage responses of three-phase composites, consisting of perfectly bonded spherical particles, partially debonded particles and a ductile matrix, are micromechanically derived on the basis of the ensemble-volume averaging procedure and the first-order effects of eigenstrains. The effects of random dispersion of particles are accommodated. Further, the evolutionary partial debonding mechanism is governed by the internal stresses of spherical particles and the statistical behavior of the interfacial strength. Specifically, following Zhao and Weng (1996) , a partially debonded elastic spherical isotropic inclusion is replaced by an equivalent, transversely isotropic yet perfectly bonded elastic spherical inclusion. The Weibull's probabilistic function is employed to describe the varying probability of progressive partial particle debonding. The proposed effective yield criterion, together with the assumed overall associative plastic flow rule and the hardening law, forms the analytical framework for the estimation of the effective elastoplastic-damage behavior of ductile matrix composites. Finally, the present predictions are compared with the predictions based on Ju and Lee's (2000) complete particle debonding model, other existing numerical predictions, and available experimental data. It is observed that the effects of partially debonded particles on the stress–strain responses are significant when the damage evolution becomes rapid.

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