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JOUR NAL OF MATERI ALS SCI ENCE 31 (1996) 2647 2652
M i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e o f b r i tt le c e llu l a r m a t e r ia l s
J . S . H U A N G * , J . Y . L I NDe partm ent of C iv i l Engineering, Na tional Ch eng Kun g U niversity, Tainan, 70101 Taiwan
Di m ens i ona l a rg um en t ana l ys i s and nea r - t i p s i ngu l a r i n -p l ane shea r s tress o f a con t i nuu mmo de l have been em p l oy ed t o de r i ve t he exp ress i on f o r m ode II f r ac t u re t oughne ss o f b r it t le
ce l l u l a r ma t e r i a ls . I t was f ou nd t ha t bo t h m ode I and I I f r ac t u re t oughne sses have t he samedependence on ce l l s i ze , r e l a t i ve dens i t y and modu l us o f r up t u re o f so l i d ce l l wa l l s , excep t
a m i c ros t ruc t u re coe f f i c i en t i nc l uded i n t he i r exp ress i ons . I n add i t i on , t he l i nea r
sup e rpos i t i on p r i nc i p l e was app l i ed t o ca lcu l a te the ben d i ng m om en t exe r t ed a t t he f i rs t
unb rok en ce l l wa l l f o r b r i t t le ce l l u la r ma t e r i a l s unde r a com b i ned l oad i ng o f un i f o rm t ens i l e
and i n -p l ane shea r s t resses . T he resu l t i ng m i xed -mode f rac t u re c r i t e r i on was compared t o
e x i s t in g e x p e r i m e n t a l d a t a i n P VC f o a m s ; a g r e e m e n t w a s f o u n d t o b e g o o d .
1 . I n t r o d u c t i o n
There is a growing interest in the use of sandwich
panels with ceramic cellular cores as load-bearing
components in lightweight structures. For example,
sandwich panels with a cementitious foam core and
gypsum faces are typically used in building. Ceramic
cellular materials have excellent thermal insulation
and fire resistance but are brittle. Pre-existing cracks
in brittle cellular materials, resulting from manufac-
turing or machining, might cause catastrophic failure
at a tensile stress much less than the yielding strength.Under some circumstances, the crack surface may not
be perpendicular to the imposed in-plane shear stress
which is the primary loading of core materials in
sandwich panels, producing a mode II or mixed-mode
fracture. The mixed-mode fracture criteria for solid
materials are invalid for cellular materials because
failure mechanisms are different. Therefore, mixed-
mode fracture of brittle cellular materials needs to be
fully exploited to understand crack propagation in
cellular materials and to ensure structural integrity of
sandwich panels.
Gibson and Ashby [1] proposed a bending model
of cell walls to analyse mechanical properties of cellu-
lar materials. They found that mechanical properties
of cellular materials are related to cell geometry and
material properties of solid cell-wall materials.
Fowlkes [2] measured mode I fracture toughness of
a rigid polyurethane foam from various types of speci-
mens to verify the applicability of linear elastic frac-
ture mechanics to the fracture of foams. McIntyre and
Anderton E3] confirmed the dependence of relative
density of rigid polyurethane foams on their mode
I fracture toughness: K*c increases with increasing
relative density. Bulk and microscopic models for the
mechanical behaviour of cellular glass were attempedby Zwissler and Adams E4]. It was found that fracture
strength, tensile elastic modulus and fracture tough-
ness increase linearly with density. The influence of
anisot ropy on the fracture toughness of woods, which
have a similar microstructure to honeycombs, was
studied by Ashby e t a l . [5]. The fracture toughness of
cellular materials is directional ly dependent i f they are
not isotropic. The mode I, II and mixed-mode fracture
of PVC foams were investigated by Zenkert and
Backlund [6, 7]. They found that K*c is slightly larger
than K*c.
Maiti e t a l . [8] utilized the bending model of cellwalls in cooperation with the near-tip singular tensile
stress of a con tinuum model to derive the expression
for mode I fracture toughness of cellular materials.
Results indicated that K*c of cellular materials de-
pends on cell size, relative density and modulus of
rupture of solid cell walls. In their modelling, the
modulus of rupture o f solid cell walls was assumed to
be constant. In practice, the modulus of rupture of
a brittle cell wall is mainly controlled by its volume,
giving a cell-size effect. Cell-size effects on fracture
strength of foamed glass [9] and on mode I fracture
toughness of reticulated vitreous carbon foam [10],
were observed. Huang and Gibson [11, 12] studiedthe variable strength of solid cell walls using Weibull
statistic analysis. It was noted that the Weibull
modulus of solid cell walls plays an important role in
determining optimum cell size to obta in a higher value
of K~c.
The present work was aimed at deriving the expres-
sion for mode II fracture toughness and a mixed-mode
fracture criterion because they are essential for the
analysis of crack propagat ion in brittle cellular mater-
ials. The bending model of cell walls, dimensional
argument, as well as the near-tip singular stress field of
linear elastic fracture mechanics, were employed toanalyse the mode II and mixed-mode fracture for
*Authorto whom allcorrespondenceshouldbe addressed.
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t t t t tt
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Figure ! An infinite honeyco mb plate w ith a central crack undera uniform tensile stress.
h o n e y c o m b s a n d f o am s . T h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u re c ri -
t e r i o n f r o m t h e t h e o r e t i c a l m o d e l l i n g h a s b e e n c o m -
p a r e d w i t h e x is t in g e x p e r i m e n t a l d a t a i n P V C f o a m s
[ 7 ] .
2 . H o n e y c o m b sA t y p i c a l h o n e y c o m b w i t h a c e n t r a l c r a c k , a * , c e l l
l eng th , l , and ce l l wa l l th icknes s , t , i s unde r a remote
u n i f o r m t e n s i l e s t r e s s , ~ * , a s s h o w n i n F i g . 1 . T h e
e x p r e s s i o n f o r m o d e I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s i s f o u n d t o
be E 8] ( p , ~ 2K F c = c ~ = ( ~ l ) ~ / ~ \ T s l ( 1 )
w h e r e C 1 is a m i c r o s t r u c t u r e c o e f f i c ie n t a n d w a s n u -
m e r i c a l l y f o u n d t o b e 0 .1 8 b y H u a n g a n d C h i a n g [ 1 3 ] ,
a n d cyf~ s t h e m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e o f so l i d c e l l w a l ls , p *
a n d p , ar e t h e d e n s it i es o f h o n e y c o m b s a n d t h e s o l id
m a t e r i a l f r o m w h i c h t h e y a r e m a d e , r e s p e c ti v e ly .
2 .1 . M o d e II f r a c t u r e o f b r i t t l e h o n e y c o m b s
F i g . 2 i l l u s t r a t e s a h o n e y c o m b p l a t e w i t h a c e n t r a lc r a c k , a * . I t i s a s s u m e d t h a t t h e c r a c k l e n g t h i s m u c h
l a r g e r t h a n t h e c e ll si ze o f h o n e y c o m b s . A r e m o t e
u n i f o r m i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s , ~ * , i s i m p o s e d o n t h e
o u t e r m o s t l a y e r o f t h e h o n e y c o m b p l at e , g e n er a t in g
a s i n g u l a r n e a r - t i p s t r es s f i e ld in l i n e a r e l a s t i c f r a c t u r e
m e c h a n i c s [ 1 4 ] . T h e r e s u l t i n g i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s ,
"cxy, a lo ng the c ra ck s u r face i s
K * T*(rca *) 1/2
"Cxy - (2n r)a /2 - - (2for)l~ 2 (2 )
T h e d i s t a n c e , r i s m e a s u r e d f r o m t h e c r a c k t i p l o c a t e d
a t t h e c e n t r e o f t h e f i r s t u n b r o k e n c ei l, as s h o w n i nF i g . 2 . K * i s t h e m o d e I I s t r e s s i n t e n s i t y f a c t o r a n d i s
p r o p o r t i o n a l t o z * ( n a * ) ~ /z. T h e e x p r e s s i o n f o r m o d e I I
f r a c t u r e to u g h n e s s o f h o n e y c o m b s c a n b e d e r i v e d b y
u s i n g d i m e n s i o n a l a r g u m e n t a n a l y s i s i n c o n j u n c t i o n
2 6 4 8
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Figure 2 An infinite honeyco mb plate with a central crack undera uniform in-plane shear stress.
w i t h E q u a t i o n 2 . T h a t i s, t h e i n t e g r a t i o n o f t h e r e s u l t -
i n g i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s o v e r a d i s t a n c e o f o n e c e l l s iz e
g i v e s t h e t o t a l s h e a r f o r c e c a r r i e d b y t h e f i r s t u n b r o k e n
ce l l wa l l
f 2 1 c o s O
V o c % y b d r0
o c z * b ( a * l ) 1 /2 (3 )
T h e b e n d i n g m o m e n t e x e r t e d a t th e fi r st u n b r o k e n c e ll
w a l l i s p r o p o r t i o n a l t o g l
M o c z * b l ( a * l ) 1 /2 (4 )
T h e c r i t i c a l sk i n s t r e s s o f t h e f i r s t u n b r o k e n c e l l w a l lc a n b e c a l c u l a t ed f r o m t h e e l e m e n t a r y m e c h a n i c s o f
m a t e r i a l s
M~ c o c b t
T h e c r a c k a d v a n c e s w h e n t h e c r i t i c a l s k i n s t r e s s
r e a c h e s t h e m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e o f so l i d c el l w a l ls . A t
t h e m o m e n t , t h e i m p o s e d u n i f o r m s h e a r s t r e s s h a s
a m a x i m u m v a l u e c a ll e d t h e f r a c tu r e s t r e n g th , z ~
z'~' oc ~ f = \ a * ) ( 6 )
O n c e f r a c t u r e s t r e n g t h a n d c r a c k l e n g t h a r e k n o w n ,
t h e m o d e I I f r a c t u r e t o u gh r i es s o f t h e h o n e y c o m b c a n
b e c a l c u l a t e d
KFc = ~( ~a *) ~i2
o c ~ = ( n l ) * /2 ( 7 )
T h e r e l a ti v e d e n s it y o f t h e h o n e y c o m b , p * / p , , i s p r o -
p o r t i o n a l t o t i t . A s a r e s u lt , t h e e x p r e s s i o n f o r m o d e I If r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s o f h o n e y c o m b s c a n b e w r i t te n a s
K i l o = C 2 ( Y f s ( g l ) l / 2 ( 8 )
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r
< _ < < I . . . . <
o.-x-
Figure 3 An infinite honeyco mb plate with a central crack undera co mbined oading of uniform tensile and in-plane shear stresses.
w h e r e C 2 is a m i c r o s t r u c t u r e c o e f f i c ie n t a n d m u s t b e
d e t e r m i n e d e m p i r i c a ll y o r n u m e r i c a l l y .
2 . 2. M i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e o f b r i tt le
h o n e y c o m b s
A n i n f i n i t e h o n e y c o m b p l a t e u n d e r a c o m b i n e d l o a d -
i n g o f u n i f o r m t e n s i l e a n d i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s e s i s
s h o w n i n F i g . 3~ I t i s a s s u m e d t h a t b r i t t l e h o n e y c o m b s
a r e l i n e a r e l a s t i c u p t o f r a c t u r e , r e s u l t i n g i n t h e a p -
p l i c a b i l i ty o f l i n e a r s u p e r p o s i t i o n p r i n c i p l e i n e l a s ti c -
i ty . T h e b e n d i n g m o m e n t a c t in g a t t h e f i rs t u n b r o k e n
c e ll w a l l f o r t h e h o n e y c o m b s u b j e c t t o a s i n g l e te n s i l e
s t r e s s a n d a s i n g l e i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s c a n b e c a l -
c u l a t e d , r e s p e c ti v e l y . L i n e a r s u p e r p o s i t i o n o f th e t w o
r e s u l t i n g b e n d i n g m o m e n t s g i v e s
M = d l ~ * b I ( a * l ) 1 /2 + d 2 z * b I ( a * l ) 1 /2 (9 )
w h e r e d ~ a n d d 2 a r e c o n s t a n t s d e p e n d i n g o n c e l l
g e o m e t r y o f h o n e y c o m b s . B e c au s e b e n d in g m o m e n td o m i n a t e s c e l l , w a l l d e f o r m a t i o n i n c e l l u l a r m a t e r i a l s ,
t h e c r i t i c a l s k i n s t r e s s o f t h e f i r s t u n b r o k e n c e il w a l l is
h e n c e f o u n d t o b e
MO " o C ~ 2
(d lc l* + d2r*) l (a* I ) 1 /2oc t2 (10)
W h e n t h e c r i ti c a l s k i n s t re s s e x c e e d s t h e m o d u l u s o f
r u p t u r e o f s o l id c e l l w a l ls , m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e w i l l
o c c u r . T h e r e f o r e , t h e m a x i m u m c o m b i n e d l o a d i n g
o f u n i f o r m t e n s i l e a n d i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s es
( d t cr * + d 2 z * ) f, a t w h i c h c r a c k p r o p a g a t e s , i s:
(d~c~* + d2"c*)f(rca* ) 1/2 oc cyf, - (~/)1/2 (11)
a ~
o.-x-
Figure 4 An idealized mo del of foam pla te with a central crackunder a uniform ensile stress.
T }~ e l e f t - h a n d s i d e o f t h e a b o v e e x p r e s s i o n r e p r e s e n t s
a l in e a r c o m b i n a t i o n o f m o d e I a n d I I s t re s s i n t e n s it y
f a c t o r s . T h u s , t h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n f o r
h o n e y c o m b s c a n b e e x p r e s s e d a s
d , K ~ + d 2 K * = d 3 ( Y f s ( ~ l ) 1 /2 \ ~ s J (12)
H e r e d 3 is a n o t h e r m i c r o s t r u c t u r e c o e f f ic i e nt o f h o n e y -
c o m b s . F o r a s p ec i fi c h o n e y c o m b , t h e r i g h t - h a n d
s i d e i n E q u a t i o n 1 2 i s c o n s t a n t , r e g a r d l e s s o f t h e
m a g n i t u d e o f i m p o s e d t e n si l e a n d i n - p l a n e s h e a r
s t re s se s . D i v i d i n g b o t h s i d es o f E q u a t i o n 1 2 b y
( Y f s ( T C l ) l / e ( p * / p s ) 2 a n d t h e n e m p l o y i n g t h e re l a t i o n -
s h ips be tw een K * , K~ c and c~fs( rc /) /2 (9* /ps ) 2 (E qu a -
t i o n s 1 a n d 8 ) t o r e a r r a n g e t h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e
c r i t e r i o n a s
d t K ~ ' d 2 K ~
K * c / C , + K * c /C ~ 2 - d 3 (13)
T h e a b o v e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n m u s t b e
a p p l i c a b l e f o r t h e t w o s p e c i a l c a s es , K ~ = K ~c f o r
m o d e I f r a c t u r e a n d K ~ = K i ]c f o r m o d e I I f r a ct u r e .
T w o r e l a t i o n s h i p s a r e o b t a i n e d , d l C ~ = d 3 a n d
d 2 G 2 = d 3 . T h e m i x e d , m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n f o r
b r i t t l e h o n e y c o m b s c a n b e f u r t h e r r e d u c e d t o
K?K *c + K * ~ = 1 (14)
3 . F o a m s
M e c h a n i c a l p r o p e r t i e s o f f o a m s a r e d e s c r i b e d w e l l b y
t h e b e n d i n g m o d e l o f c el l w a l ls p r o p o s e d b y G i b s o n
a n d A s h b y [ 1 ] . A n i d e a l i z ed m o d e l o f a f o a m p l a t ew i t h a c e n t r a l c r a c k u n d e r a u n i f o r m t e n s i l e s t r e s s i s
s h o w n i n F i g . 4 . U s i n g d i m e n s i o n a l a r g u m e n t a n a l y s i s ,
M a i t i e t a l . [ 8 ] w e r e a b l e t o d e r i v e t h e e x p r e s s i o n f o r
m o d e I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s o f f o a m s a s a f u n c t i o n o f
2 6 4 9
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under a u niform n-plane shear stress.
c e l l s iz e , r e l a t i v e d e n s i t y a n d t h e m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e o f
s o l id ce l l wa l l s
= ( 1 5 )\Psl
w h e r e C 3 is a m i c r o s t r u c t u r e c o e f f i c i e n t a n d w a s e x -
p e r i m e n t a l l y f o u n d t o b e 0 . 6 5 [ 8 ].
3 .1 . M o d e II f r a c t u r e o f b r i t t l e f o a m s
W h e n a n i n f i n it e f o a m p l a t e w i t h a c e n t r a l c r a c k u n d e r
a u n i f o r m i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e ss , a s s h o w n i n F i g . 5 ; i so f c o n c e r n , t h e n e a r - t i p s i n g u l a r i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e ss ,
"cxy, c a n b e u t i l i z e d a g a i n t o c a l c u l a t e t h e t o t a l s h e a r
f o r c e c a rr i e d b y t h e f i rs t u n b r o k e n c e ll w a ll
oc f l ~xy /d r
oc "c* ( a* l) 1/2 (16)
T h e c r i t i c a l b e n d i n g m o m e n t e x e r t e d a t t h e f i r s t u n -
b r o k e n c e l l w a l l is s im p l y p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e p r o d u c t
o f t o t a l s h e a r f o r c e a n d c e l l s i ze
M o c V 1
oc z*12 (a*l ) 1 /2 (17)
W h e n t h e c r i t i c a l b e n d i n g m o m e n t r e a c h e s t h e m a x -
i m u m r e s i s t a n c e m o m e n t M r = ~fs t3 /6 o f s o l id ce l l
w a l l s w i t h a c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a o f t 2 , t h e c r a c k p r o p a -
g a t es a n d m o d e I I f r a c t u r e o c c u r s . C o n s e q u e n t l y , t h e
f r a c t u r e i n - p l an e s h e a r s t r e n g t h is
T h e r e l a ti v e d e n si t y o f f o a m s i s p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e
s q u a r e o f t f l . T h e e x p r e s s i o n f o r m o d e I I f r a c t u r e
t o u g h n e s s o f f o a m s c a n b e o b t a i n e d o n c e t h e f r a c t u r ei n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e n g t h a n d c r a c k l e n g t h a r e k n o w n
( p * ~ 3 / 2
K~I C = C 4(~ fs(TCI)1 / 2 \ ~ s / I ( 1 9 )
2 6 5 0
), > > > f
a *
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(3"*
Figure 6 An idealized mod el of foam plat e with a cen tral crackunder a comb ined loading of uniform tensile and in-plane shearstresses.
w h e r e C A i s a m i c r o s t r u c t u r e c o e f f i c i e n t o f f o a m s a n d
m u s t b e d e t e r m i n e d e m p i r ic a l ly .
3 .2 . M i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e o f b r i t t l e f o a m sW h e n a f o a m p l a t e i s u n d e r a c o m b i n e d l o a d i n g o f
u n i f o r m t e n s i l e a n d i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e ss e s a s s h o w n i n
F i g . 6, th e b e n d i n g m o m e n t a c t i n g a t t h e f ir s t u n b r o -
k e n c e l l w a l l is a l i n e a r c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e i n d u c e d
b e n d i n g m o m e n t s b y t h e u n i f o r m t e n s il e s t re s s a n d b y
t h e u n i f o r m i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s . T h e c r i t i c a l s k i n
s t r es s o f th e f i r s t u n b r o k e n c e ll w a l l i s f o u n d t o b e
(d4~* - t - ds'c* )12 (a* l) 1/2~c oc t3 (20)
w h e r e d ~ a n d d s a r e c o n s t a n t s . T h e c r i t i c a l s k i n s t r e ss
i n c r ea s e s u n ti l i t r e a c h e s t h e m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e o fs o l i d c e l l w a l l s . T h e m a x i m u m c o m b i n e d l o a d i n g o f
u n i f o r m t e n s i l e a n d i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s e s
(d4c~* + ds ~*) f , a t wh ic h c ra ck p ro pag a te s , i s
(&,(5* + d5"c*)f(~a*) 1/2 oc O'fs ( % 1 ) 1 / 2 (21)
T h e l e f t - h a n d si d e o f t h e a b o v e e x p r e s s i o n is a g a i n
a l i n e ar c o m b i n a t i o n o f m o d e s I a n d I I s t re s s i n te n s i t y
f a c t o r s . T h u s , t h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n f o r
b r i t t l e f o a m s c a n b e e x p r e s s e d a s
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w h e r e d 6 i s a m i c r o s t r u c t u r e c o e f f i c i e n t o f f o a m s . T h e
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b e c o n v e r t e d to m o d e I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s a n d m o d eI I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s i n d i v i d u a l l y
d 4 g ~ d s K ~
K~c/C~ 4- K~lc/C4 - - d6 (23)
T h e a b o v e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n m u s t b e
v a l i d f o r t h e c a s e s K {~ = K * c f o r p u r e m o d e I a n d
K ~ = K I *C f o r p u r e m o d e I I . T h e r e f o re , t h e m i x e d -
m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n f o r b r it t l e f o a m s c a n b e f u r t h e r
r e d u c e d t o a s i m p l e f o r m
KF KIK*c 4 - K I I C * - 1 ( 2 4 )
4 . D i s c u s s i o n
K * c a n d K * c o f b r i t t l e c e l lu l a r m a t e r i a l s i n c r e a s e w i t h
r e l a t i v e d e n s i t y a n d c e l l s iz e if t h e m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e
o f s o li d c e l l w a l l s i s r e g a r d e d a s a c o n s t a n t . A l s o , e i t h e r
K * c o r K * c i s c e l l g e o m e t r y d e p e n d e n t . A m i c r o s t r u c -
t u r e c o e f f i c i e n t i n c l u d e d i n e a c h e x p r e s s i o n o f K ~'c a n d
K i ] c s h o u l d b e d e t e r m i n e d n u m e r i c a l l y o r e x p e r i -
m e n t a l l y .
T h e b r i t t l e n e s s o f s o l i d c e l l w a l l s , h o w e v e r , w i l l
a f f e c t t h e i r m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e ; b r i t t l e s o l id s w i t h
a la r g e r v o l u m e h a v e a h i g h e r v a l u e o f m o d u l u s o fr u p t u r e . A s a r e s u l t o f th a t , t h e m o d e I I f r a c t u r e
t o u g h n e s s o f b r i t t l e c e l l u l a r m a t e r i a l s i s c o n t r o l l e d b y
t h e p r e - e x i s t i n g c r a c k - s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n i n s o l i d c e l l
w a l ls . O n e w a y t o d e s c r i b e t h e b r i t t l e n e s s o f s o li d c e l l
w a l l s is a p p l y i n g W e i b u l l s t a t i s t i c a n a l y s is f o r v a r i a b l e
m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e . F i g . 7 il l u s t r a t e s t w o s o l i d c e ll
w a l l s f o r h o n e y c o m b s w i t h d i f f e r e n t c e l l s i z e b u t t h e
s am e re l a t ive den s i ty . T h a t i s, V1 > 1 /2 , t l > t2 and
I1 > I2 but t l / l l = t2/ l> T h e r a t io o f m o d u l u s o f r u p -
t u r e f o r t h e t w o s o l i d c e l l w a l l s c a n b e o b t a i n e d u s i n g
W e i b u l l s t a t i s t i c a n a l y s i s [ 1 1 ]
O'fs, 1 ( V 2 ~ M
= \ b t ~ l l } (25)
w h e r e m , l a r g e r t h a n z e r o , is t h e W e i b u l l m o d u l u s o f
s o l i d ce l l w a l ls . S o l i d s w i t h a l o w e r v a l u e o f m a r e m o r e
b r i t t l e . B e c a u s e t h e t w o s o l i d c e l l w a l l s h a v e s a m e
w i d t h , b , a n d r e l a t i v e d e n s i t y , t h e r a t i o o f m o d u l u s o f
r u p t u r e i s f u r t h e r r e d u c e d t o
- ( 1 2 ) 2 : = ( 2 6 )~fs, 1
I t i s c l e a r t h a t t h e m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e o f s o l i d c e l lw a l l s i n c r e a s e s w i t h d e c r e a s i n g c e l l s iz e f o r s a m e d e n -
s i ty h o n e y c o m b s a n d t h e m a g n i t u d e o f in c r e a s e de -
p e n d s o n t h e W e i b u l l m o d u l u s .
T h e r a t i o o f m o d e I I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s f o r t w o
s a m e - d e n s i t y b u t d i f fe r e n t c e ll s iz e h o n e y c o m b s c a n b e
c a l c u l a t e d b y s u b s t i t u ti n g E q u a t i o n s 2 6 in t o E q u a t i o n
8, g ives
K I I C , 1 ( ~ fs , 1 ( 1 1 ) 1 / 2 "
K i ~ c , 2 O'fs,2(12) /2
\ ; 2 2 ( 2 7 )
T h e a b o v e r e s u l t i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e r e i s a c e ll - si z e e f f e ct
o n t h e m o d e I I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s o f b r i t tl e h o n e y -
c o m b s . W h e n m > 4 , h o n e y c o m b s w i t h a l a r g e r c e ll
h a v e a h i g h e r v a l u e o f m o d e I I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s;
w h e n m < 4 , *u c i n c r e a s e s w i t h d e c r e a s i n g c e l l s i z e ;
wh en m = 4 , t he r e i s no ce l l - s iz e e f fec t. A s imi la r r e s u l t
i s o b t a i n e d f o r b r i tt l e f o a m s u s i n g t h e s a m e p r o c e d u r e :
K ~ c o f b r i tt l e f o a m s i n c r e a s e s w i t h i n c r e a s i n g c e l l si z e
i f m > 6 ; wh en m < 6 , KI* dec r ea s e s w i th in c rea s in g
c e ll s iz e . T h e W e i b u l l m o d u l u s e f f e c t o n K i* c i s t h e
s a m e a s th a t o n K ~ c d e r i v e d b y H u a n g a n d G i b s o n
E l l , 12 ] .
F r o m E q u a t i o n s 1 4 a n d 2 4, i t i s n o t e d t h a t t h e
m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n f o r b r i t t le c e l l u l a r m a -
t e r ia l s is a l i n e a r c o m b i n a t i o n o f K */ K *c a n d K*/K~Ic.
F o r s o l i d m a t e r i a l s , t h e e n e r g y - b a l a n c e c r it e r i o n re -
q u i r es t h a t t h e t o t a l e n e r g y r e le a s e r a t e i n m i x e d - m o d e
f r a c t u r e i s t h e s u m m a t i o n o f m o d e I e n e r g y r e le a s e
r a t e a n d m o d e I I e n e r g y r el e a se r a t e [ 1 4 ] . N o r m a l l y ,
K ~'c i s n o t e q u a l t o K ~ c . T h e r e f o r e , a m o d i f i e d m i x e d -
m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n i s u s u a l l y a p p l i e d f o r s o l i d
m a t e r i a l s
T h e a b o v e e q u a t i o n i s a e l l i p t i c f u n c t i o n o f K */ K *c
a n d * *n / K n c . T h a t i s , t h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i -
t e r i o n f o r b r i t t l e c e l l u l a r m a t e r i a l s i s c o m p l e t e l y d if f e r-
e n t f r o m t h a t f o r s o l i d m a t e r i a l s .
T h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n f o r b r i t t l e
h o n e y c o m b s a n d f o a m s m u s t b e v e r i f ie d b e f o r e it is
u s e d t o e x a m i n e i f a c r a c k u n d e r c o m b i n e d l o a d i n g o f
u n i f o r m t e n s i l e a n d i n - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e ss e s w il l p r o p a -
g a te . H o w e v e r , t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u lt s o f m i x e d -
m o d e f r a c t u r e i n b r i t t le c e l l u l a r m a t e r i a l s a r e l i m i t ed .
E x i s ti n g e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s o f m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r ei n P V C f o a m s b y Z e n k e r t [ 7 ] a s s h o w n i n F i g . 8 a r e
c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e t h e o r e t i c a l m o d e l l i n g . I t i s s e e n
t h a t t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l d a t a o f m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e in
P V C f o a m s a r e cl o s e t o a s t r a ig h t l in e c o r r e s p o n d i n g
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I a n d I I f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s e s o f b r i t t l e c e l l u l a r m a t e r -
i a l s d e p e n d o n t h e i r c e ll g e o m e t r y , r e l a t iv e d e n s i t y a n d
t h e m o d u l u s o f r u p t u r e o f s o l i d c e ll - w a l l m a t e r i a l s .
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in to acc o u n t , th e r e i s a ce l l - size ef fec t: K~c an d
K * c i n c r e a s e s w i t h i n c r e a s i n g c e l l s i ze f o r h o n e y c o m b s
w i t h m > 4 a n d f o r f o a m s w i t h m > 6 . I n a d d i t i o n , t h e
m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n f o r b r i t t l e c e l l u l a r m a -
t e r ia l s , d i ff e r e n t f r o m t h a t f o r s o l i d s, is c o m p a r e d w i t h
e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s i n P V C f o a m s ; a g r e e m e n t i s
g o o d . B e c a u s e b r i t t le s o l i d c e l l w a l l s a r e l i n e a r e l a s t i c
u p t o f r a c t u r e , t h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i t e r i o n i s
e x t e n d e d t o t h e c a s e o f a c o m b i n e d l o a d i n g o f u n i f o r m
t e n s il e , i n - p l a n e s h e a r a n d o u t - o f - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e ss e s .
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T h e f i n a n ci a l s u p p o r t o f th e N a t i o n a l S c ie n c e C o u n c il ,
T a i w a n , u n d e r c o n t r a c t n u m b e r N S C 8 4 - 2 2 1 1 - E 0 0 6 -
0 18 , i s g r a t e f u l l y a c k n o w l e d g e d .
t o E q u a t i o n 2 4 . A g r e e m e n t i n F i g . 8 s u p p o r t s t h e v i e w
w e p r o p o s e d , g i v i n g t h e c o n f i d e n c e o f u t i l i z i n g E q u a -
t i o n 2 4 t o c h e c k i f c r a c k p r o p a g a t i o n i n b r i tt l e f o a m s i s
l i k e l y t o o c c u r .
A t t h e s a m e t i m e , t h e m i x e d - m o d e f r a c tu r e c r i t e ri o n
f o r b r it t l e c e l l u l a r m a t e r i a l s c a n b e e x t e n d e d t o t h e
c a s e o f a c o m b i n e d l o a d i n g o f u n i f o r m t e n s i l e, i n - p l a n e
s h e a r a n d o u t - o f - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s e s . B e c a u s e s o l i d
c e l l w a l l s a r e l i n e a r e l a s t i c u p t o f r a c t u r e , t h e b e n d i n g
m o m e n t e x e r t e d a t t h e f i rs t u n b r o k e n c e ll w a ll a h e a d
o f c r a c k t i p i s a l i n e a r c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h o s e s u b j e c t t o
a s in g le ten s i le s tr es s , a s in g le in -p lan e sh e ar s t r es s an da s i n g l e o u t - o f - p l a n e s h e a r s t r e s s . T h e m i x e d - m o d e
f r a c t u re c r i t e r io n t h u s b e c o m e s
K* K I~ , KI* ~ _ 1 (2 9)
K * c + K t i c
w h e r e K I ]I a n d *m c a r e t h e m o d e I I I s t r e s s i n t e n s i t y
f a c t o r a n d f r a c t u r e t o u g h n e s s , r e s p e c t i v e l y .
5 . C o n c l u s i o n
T h e e x p r e s s i o n fo r m o d e I I f r a c tu r e t o u g h n e s s a n d t h e
m i x e d - m o d e f r a c t u r e c r i te r i o n f o r b ri t tl e h o n e y c o m b s
a n d f o a m s a r e d e r i v e d . I t i s f o u n d t h a t b o t h m o d e
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