Homework 2 February 6, 2019

MECE.544.600/644.600 - Intro Composite Materials

By Adnan Khan

Answer 1:

Given:
𝑙𝑒
= 50
𝑑
𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟 = 3.45𝐺𝑃𝑎
𝑑
𝜏𝑐 = 𝜎𝑓 ∗ ( )
2 ∗ 𝐼𝑐
1
= 3.45 × 109 ( )
2 ∗ 50
= 34.5 𝑀𝑃𝑎
Answer 2:

MATLAB code:
clc
clear all
x=0.75
L = 1.5:0.5:40;
for i=1:length(L)
eff(i)=(L(i)-2*x)/L(i);
end
plot(L,eff)
title('Variation of efficiency
with Length')
xlabel('Length of fiber')
ylabel('Efficiency')
[Lreq]=interp1(eff,L,0.8)

Output:

Lreq =

7.5000

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Answer 3:

𝐸𝑐𝑙 = 𝐸𝑚 (1 − 𝑉𝑓𝑙 ) + 𝐸𝑓 ∗ 𝑉𝑓𝑙

Substituting the given:

57.1 𝐺𝑃𝑎 = 2.4𝐺𝑃𝑎 ∗ (1 − 𝑉𝑓𝑙 ) + 131𝐺𝑃𝑎 ∗ 𝑉𝑓𝑙

128.6 ∗ 𝑉𝑓𝑙 = 54.7

𝑉𝑓𝑙 = 0.425

Transverse modulus of elasticity:

𝐸𝑚 ∗ 𝐸𝑓
𝐸𝑐𝑡 =
(1 − 𝑉𝑓 ) ∗ 𝐸𝑓 + 𝑉𝑓𝑡 ∗ 𝐸𝑚

Substituting:
2.4 × 131
4.12𝐺𝑃𝑎 =
(1 − 𝑉𝑓𝑡 ) ∗ 131 + 𝑉𝑓𝑡 ∗ 2.4

𝑉𝑓𝑡 = 0.427

Answer 4:
𝐸𝑓 𝐸𝑓 ∗ 𝑉𝑓
=
𝐸𝑚 𝐸𝑚 ∗ 𝑉𝑚
𝐸𝑓 ∗ 𝑉𝑓
𝐸𝑚 ∗ (1 − 𝑉𝑓 )

0.94 72.5 ∗ 𝑉𝑓
=
0.06 3 ∗ (1 − 𝑉𝑓 )

𝑉𝑓 = 0.393

Calculating Longitudinal tensile strength:

𝜎𝑐𝑙 = 𝜎𝑚 ∗ (1 − 𝑉𝑓 ) − 𝜎𝑓 ∗ 𝑉𝑓

Substituting:

𝜎𝑐𝑙 = [30 ∗ (1 − 0.393)] + [3400 ∗ 0.393]

𝜎𝑐𝑙 = 1354.41 𝑀𝑃𝑎

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Answer 5:
𝜎𝑓 ∗𝑑
Critical fiber length, IC =
2∗𝜏𝑐

Substituting:
5000 ∗ 0.012
𝐼𝐶 =
2 ∗ 25
𝐼𝑐 = 1.2𝑚𝑚
𝑙 ∗ 𝜏𝑐
𝜎𝑐𝑑 = ( ) ∗ 𝑉𝑓 + 𝜎𝑚 ∗ (1 − 𝑉𝑓 )
𝑑
Substituting:
0.001 ∗ 25𝑀𝑃𝑎
750𝑀𝑃𝑎 = ( ) ∗ 𝑉𝑓 + 10𝑀𝑃𝑎 ∗ (1 − 𝑉𝑓 )
0.000012
2073.33𝑉𝑓 = 740

Volume of fibers:

𝑉𝑓 = 0.357

Answer 6:

Elastic modulus in transvers direction that is 90o to the direction of the fiber alignment.

𝜎𝑐 = 𝜎𝑚 = 𝜎𝑓 = 𝜎

𝜀𝑐 = 𝜀𝑐 𝑣𝑚 + 𝜀𝑓 𝑣𝑓
𝜎𝑐 𝜎𝑚 𝑣𝑚 𝜎𝑓 𝑣𝑓
= +
𝐸𝑒𝑞 𝐸𝑚 𝐸𝑚
1 𝑣𝑚 𝑣𝑓
= +
𝐸𝑒𝑞 𝐸𝑚 𝐸𝑓
𝐸𝑚 ∗ 𝐸𝑓
𝐸𝑒𝑞 =
𝐸𝑚 𝑣𝑓 + 𝐸𝑓 𝑣𝑚

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Answer 7:

For elastic deformation,

substituted into the above expression for Ff /Fm, gives

Vm = Am /Ac

Substituting:

Ec = EmVm + EfVf

when substituted for Ec into the previous expression

Rearranging we get
Ff Ef Vf
=
Fm Em Vm

Therefore it is valid.

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