Matrix fracture strength in bonded brittle composites.

The article discusses a study on matrix fracture strength in a bonded brittle composites. It indicates that crack-tip transverse tensile stress often leads to the problem of matrix cracking modeling for bonded fibers. As the matrix crack continuously propagating, the crack-tip transverse tensile stress is assumed and separated the debonded length. To include the effect of crack-wake debonding for the bonded brittle composites, elastic response above the slipping region is extended.