摘要
Manybiologicalmaterials,suchaswoodandbone,possesshelicoidmicrostructuresatmicroscale,whichcanserveasreinforcingelementstotransferstressbetweencracksurfacesandimprovethefracturetoughnessoftheircomposites.Failureprocesses,suchasfiber/matrixinterfacedebondingandslidingassociatedwithpull-outofhelicalfibers,areresponsiblemainlyforthehighenergydissipationneededforthefracturetoughnessenhancement.Herewepresentsystemicanalysesofthepull-outbehaviorofahelicalfiberfromanelasticmatrixviathefiniteelementmethod(FEM)simulation,withimplicationsregardingtheunderlyingtougheningmechanismofhelicoidmicrostructures.Wefindthat,throughtheiruniformcurvatureandtorsion,helicalfiberscanprovidehighpull-outforceandlargeinterfaceareas,resultinginhighenergydissipationthataccounts,toalargeextent,forthehightoughnessofbiologicalmaterials.Thehelicityoffibershapeintermsofthehelicalanglehassignificanteffectsontheforce-displacementrelationshipsaswellasthecorrespondingenergydissipationduringfiberpull-out.
出版日期
2016年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
