Temperature Dependence of the Fracture Toughness JC of Random Fibrous Material

The temperature dependence of the fracture toughness JC of a three-dimensional (3D) random fibrous (RF) material, with a porosity of 87% along the through-the-thickness (TTT) direction, was investigated using experiments and the finite element method (FEM) in this study. The temperature considered ranges from 299 to 1273 K. The experimental observations revealed the fracture toughness JC with crack length-to-width ratios of 0.4 and 0.5, which...