The kinetics of breakdown of composite materials. review

Abstract

Abstract The problem of investigation of the kinetics of breakdownof composites is formulated on the basis of the kinetic concept of the strength of materials. A survey is presented of experimental work on the kinetics of breakdown of unidirectional, fibrous composites, carried out at the A.F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. A combination of phenomenological investigations of the kinetics of breakdown with direct methods of study of the atomic mechanism of rupture, is taken as a basis for further development of the physics of the strength of composite materials.