Fiber-Reinforced Viscoelastomers Show Extraordinary Crack Resistance That Exceeds Metals.

Autor: Cui W; Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan., King DR; Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.; Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan., Huang Y; Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan., Chen L; Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan., Sun TL; Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.; South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China., Guo Y; Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan., Saruwatari Y; Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Ltd., Osaka, 541-0052, Japan., Hui CY; Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.; Field of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA., Kurokawa T; Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.; Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan., Gong JP; Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.; Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.; Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) [Adv Mater] 2020 Aug; Vol. 32 (31), pp. e1907180. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 25.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201907180
Abstrakt: Soft fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), consisting of rubbery matrices and rigid fabrics, are widely utilized in industry because they possess high specific strength in tension while allowing flexural deformation under bending or twisting. Nevertheless, existing soft FRPs are relatively weak against crack propagation due to interfacial delamination, which substantially increases their risk of failure during use. In this work, a class of soft FRPs that possess high specific strength while simultaneously showing extraordinary crack resistance are developed. The strategy is to synthesize tough viscoelastic matrices from acrylate monomers in the presence of woven fabrics, which generates soft composites with a strong interface and interlocking structure. Such composites exhibit fracture energy, Γ, of up to 2500 kJ m -2 , exceeding the toughest existing materials. Experimental elucidation shows that the fracture energy obeys a simple relation, Γ = W · l T , where W is the volume-weighted average of work of extension at fracture of the two components and l T is the force transfer length that scales with the square root of fiber/matrix modulus ratio. Superior Γ is achieved through a combination of extraordinarily large l T (10-100 mm), resulting from the extremely high fiber/matrix modulus ratios (10 4 -10 5 ), and the maximized energy dissipation density, W. The elucidated quantitative relationship provides guidance toward the design of extremely tough soft composites.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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