Short-Term Damage Micromechanics of Laminated Fibrous Composites Under Thermal Actions

A microdamage theory is constructed for laminated fibrous materials with transversely isotropic fibers and a porous isotropic matrix under thermal actions. Microdamages in the matrix are simulated by pores, empty or filled with particles of the damaged material that resist compression. The fracture criterion for a microvolume of the matrix is assumed to have the Nadai–Schleicher form, which takes into account the difference between the tensile and compressive ultimate loads, with the ultimate strength being a random function of coordinates with a power or Weibull distribution. The stress–strain state and the effective properties of the material are determined from the thermoelastic equations for laminated fibrous materials with a porous matrix. The deformation and microdamage equations are closed by the porosity balance equations corrected for the thermal effect. For various types of loading, nonlinear relations are derived for the coupled processes of deformation of a laminated fibrous material and microdamage of the matrix due to the thermal macrostrain. The effect of physical and geometrical parameters on these processes is studied.