Fracture of Composites: Simulation by a Spring Network Model

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2010-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/1004.0414v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

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Composite materials are often stronger than their constituents. We demonstrate this through a spring network model on a square lattice. Two different types of sites (A and B) are distributed randomly on the lattice, representing two different constituents. There are springs of three types connecting them (A-A, B-B and A-B). We assign two spring parameters for each type of spring. these are a spring constant and a breaking threshold. Here we show that intermediate compositions may require higher energy to induce the first sample-spanning break than either pure A or pure B. So the breaking energy goes through a maximum as the concentration of one component varies from 0 to 100%. The position and height of the peak depend on the spring parameters. Moreover, certain combinations of spring parameters can produce composites, which do not break upto a specified strain limit. Thus a fracture 'percolation threshold' may be defined.

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