Numerical simulation on crack growth of multilayered ceramic/metal composites

摘要

The present paper develops a numerical technique named FSMS for simulating the crack growth of multilayered composites. Numerical simulations for the crack growth of multilayered ceramic/metal composites are carried out. The effects of some factors such as thickness ratio, initial crack length, material properties and dimensions of the structure on the crack growth are investigated. Numerical results show good agreement with experiments. FSMS is also a simple numerical method to solve crack problems of complex composite structures. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.