A theoretical justification for an increasing average failure rate strength distribution in fibrous composites

S. D. Durham, J. D. Lynch and W. J. Padgett

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 1989, vol. 36, issue 5, 655-661

Abstract: A general model for the failure of fibrous composite materials is described. It is shown to contain some of the well‐known models in the literature. The composite material is viewed as a coherent system of independent identically distributed component strengths. Under the assumption that the applied load is redistributed “homotonically” to the unfailed components upon the failure of a component (an individual fiber segment) and that the distributions of component strengths are IFRA, it is shown that the system (composite) strength distribution is also IFRA. Examples are given using carbon reinforced composite data to illustrate the IFRA property.

Date: 1989
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