eprintid: 2046
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 56
dir: disk0/00/00/20/46
datestamp: 2013-12-04 15:43:07
lastmod: 2014-10-09 09:20:24
status_changed: 2013-12-04 15:43:07
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Paggi, Marco
creators_id: marco.paggi@imtlucca.it
title: Structural integrity of hierarchical composites
ispublished: pub
subjects: TJ
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: public
keywords: Hierarchical composites; Fracture mechanics; Finite element method; Cohesive zone model
abstract: Interface mechanical problems are of paramount importance in engineering and materials science.
Traditionally, due to the complexity of modelling their mechanical behaviour, interfaces are often treated as
defects and their features are not explored. In this study, a different approach is illustrated, where the interfaces
play an active role in the design of innovative hierarchical composites and are fundamental for their structural
integrity. Numerical examples regarding cutting tools made of hierarchical cellular polycrystalline materials are
proposed, showing that tailoring of interface properties at the different scales is the way to achieve superior
mechanical responses that cannot be obtained using standard materials
date: 2012
date_type: published
publication: Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale
volume: 19
publisher: Gruppo Italiano Frattura
pagerange: 29-36
id_number: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.19.03
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1971-8993
official_url: http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/fig/numero19/index.html#/30/
citation:   Paggi, Marco  Structural integrity of hierarchical composites.  Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 19.  pp. 29-36.  ISSN 1971-8993      (2012)  
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2046/1/numero_19_art_3_Paggi_2012.pdf