Tensile properties of 3-Dimension-4-directional braided C_f/SiC composite based on double-scale model

Abstract

The longitude tensile properties of 3-Dimension-4-directional(3D-4d) braided C/SiC composites(CMCs) were investigated with the help of a double scale model. This model involves micro-scale and unit-cell scale. In micro-scale, the tensile properties of fiber tows which involves matrix cracking, interfacial debonding, and fiber failure are studied. The unit-cell scale model can reflect the braided structure and simulate the tensile properties of 3D-4d CMCs by introducing the tensile properties of fiber tows into it. Quasi-static tensile tests of 3D-4d braided CMCs were performed on a PWS-100 test system. The predicted tensile stress-strain curve by the double scale model is in good agreement with that of the experimental results.

Keywords

3D-4d braided C/SiC composites / double-scale model / stress-strain curve / fiber tows

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