Issue 41

H. Šimonová et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 41 (2017) 211-219; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.29 217 E MTX [GPa] E ITZ [GPa] E AGG [GPa]  yy [MPa]   yy [MPa]  c yy [MPa]  appl,c [MPa] E MTX, 0.05 29.50 14.75 73.00 [19] 5.49 5.42 53.79 9.80 E MTX,mean 32.10 16.05 73.00 [19] 5.90 4.92 53.79 9.12 E MTX, 0.95 34.70 17.35 73.00 [19] 6.04 4.83 53.79 8.91 Table 4 : T he mean stress yy  , its critical value yyc  , stress range yy   and critical applied stress appl,c  for various E MTX and E ITZ values considering the ITZ thickness 55 μm. E MTX [GPa] E ITZ [GPa] E AGG [GPa]  yy [MPa]   yy [MPa]  c yy [MPa]  appl,c [MPa] E MTX, 0.05 29.90 14.95 73.00 [19] 5.09 5.91 63.08 12.39 E MTX,mean 34.20 17.10 73.00 [19] 5.54 5.43 63.08 11.39 E MTX, 0.95 38.50 19.25 73.00 [19] 5.97 4.97 63.08 10.57 Table 5 : T he mean stress  yy , its critical value  yyc , stress range   yy and critical applied stress  appl,c for various E MTX and E ITZ values considering the ITZ thickness 40 μm. Comparison of results and their discussion In the following, the main results obtained for both composites with different ITZ thickness values and elasticity moduli of MTX and ITZ are compared and discussed. The graphical expression of the dependences can be seen in Fig. 5 where the values of critical applied stress  appl,c are plotted in dependence on the elasticity modulus of ITZ. Figure 5 : The values of the critical applied stress  appl,c in dependence on the elasticity modulus of ITZ. The critical applied stress  appl,c corresponds to the level of the applied stress under which further crack propagation through ITZ is expected. The values of  appl,c are gained from the average values of the opening stress and their critical values. They depend on the distance d where the average stress is evaluated. We suppose that further crack propagation will occur by the crack increment through whole ITZ, we take d equal to the ITZ thickness and we can see that the results depend just on this. The plots in Fig. 5 clearly show that composites with thicker ITZ exhibit lower critical applied stress. Thus they violate easier than the composites with thinner ITZ. Similarly, it can be observed (from the Tabs. 4 and 5 and from the Fig. 5) that the stiffer ITZ leads (for particular ITZ thickness) to lower values of  appl,c . These pilot results can lead to more reliable description of toughening mechanisms of composites of this kind. Further it can be used for design of more resistant silicate-based composites. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 18 20 Critical applied stress [MPa] E ITZ [GPa] 4042016 9052016 ( d =55 μm) ( d =40 μm)