PHOTOELASTIC ANALYSIS OF STRESS TRANSFER FROM MATRIX TO THE FIBRE THROUGH AN INTERPHASE IN COMPRESSION

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Jawad Ahmad Nisar ^{1, 2}
• Constantinos Soutis ^{1, 3}
• Frank R. Jones ^{1, 4}

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sheffield University, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK+

² Graduate Student, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sheffield University.

³ Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sheffield University.

⁴ Professor, Department of Engineering Materials, Sheffield University.

Abstract

Keywords

• glass fibre
• Interphase
• Interfacial Strength
• Debonding
• Compressive Loading
• 3-Dimentional Finite Element Analyses
• Photoelasticity