A peridynamic model for coupled thermo-mechanical-oxygenic analysis of C/C composites with SiC coating

The oxidation induced by coating cracking is a general failure mode of high-temperature composites such as C/C and C/SiC. However, this failure mode has not been fully investigated due to the lack of a method suitable for both crack simulation and oxidation interface capture. In this paper, a coupled thermo-mechanical-oxygenic peridynamic model is proposed for SiC-coated C/C composites in an oxidizing environment. The ordinary state-based peridynamics is extended to plane strain thermoelastic problems for orthotropic media to calculate the crack distribution. Cracks in the coating are modeled as oxygen diffusion channels and the peridynamic oxidation equation is developed to simulate the oxidation of the C/C substrate. Furthermore, the peridynamic non-Fourier heat transfer equation is employed to consider the finite thermal propagation speed and the model is validated by experimental results. Numerical examples are presented to investigate the oxidation failure after thermal shock, non-Fourier thermal shock fracture, and stress oxidation failure of SiC-coated C/C composites.