A micromechanically based model for damage-enhanced creep-rupture in continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites

A micromechanically based model for the mechanical response of unidirectional ceramic matrix composites in creep-rupture (and fast-rupture) conditions is presented. It is based on the model proposed by Halverson and Curtin (2002). The essential physics results from the establishment of the equilibrium conditions – load balance between the applied stress and the stresses carried by the constituent phases – at the matrix-crack planes and at...