Eur. Phys. J. B 76, 261-269 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-00174-6

Elastic properties of multi-cracked composite materials

Department of Physics of the University of Cagliari and Istituto Officina dei Materiali del CNR (CNR-IOM) Unità SLACS, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato (Ca), Italy

Corresponding author: ^a stefano.giordano@dsf.unica.it

Received: 3 December 2009
Revised: 13 March 2010
Published online: 10 June 2010

Abstract

The problem of predicting the effective elastic properties of multi-cracked and/or composite materials is both fundamental in materials mechanics and of large technological impact. In this paper we develop a continuum elasticity model, based on the Eshelby theory and on the differential homogenization technique, for the effective elastic moduli of a fibro-reinforced system and we address it to elaborate an estimation of the average failure condition of such composites.