Discrete Element Simulation of Transverse Cracking During the Pyrolysis of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics to Carbon/Carbon Composites

Falk K. Wittel, Jan Schulte-Fischedick, Ferenc Kun +2

The fracture behavior of fiber-ceramics like C/C-SiC strongly depends on the initial damage arising during the production process. We study the transverse cracking of the 90° ply i…