Abstract

The analysis of bridged crack configurations in unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites is relevant to a variety of crack growth problems, including the fatigue of metal matrix composites and the study of fibre failure in the wake of a bridged matrix crack. Details of numerical procedures for predicting fibre stresses and their effect on crack tip stress intensity factors are presented here to provide a useful overview of how standard bridging calculations are done. Results are presented and discussed in the context of predicting fatigue crack growth with fibre failure in metal matrix composites.

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