Strain-rate dependent micromechanical method to investigate the strength properties of glass/epoxy composites

The mechanical properties of glass/epoxy composites are sensitive to applied loading rates. In the present research, a strain-rate dependent micromechanical ( SRDM ) method is developed to predict the strength of unidirectional ( UD ) polymeric composites under various loading rates. In this paper, the Goldberg et al. model, as a strain rate dependent constitutive equation of polymers, has been combined with a micromechanics model (the bridging...