A research program is in progress to develop strain rate dependent deformation and failure models for the analysis of polymer matrix composites subject to high strain rate impact loads. The Ramaswamy–Stouffer viscoplastic constitutive equations for metals have been modified to model the strain rate dependent inelastic deformation of ductile polymers, including hydrostatic stress effects. These equations have been incorporated into a mechanics of materials based micromechanics model that was developed to analyze uniaxial composites at various fiber orientation angles. The Hashin failure criteria have been implemented into the micromechanics to predict ply failure strengths. The deformation response and ply failure strengths for the representative composite AS4/PEEK have been successfully predicted for a variety of fiber orientations and strain rates.
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