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Mixed Mode delamination of multidirectional carbon fibre/epoxy laminates
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Date Issued
1998
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Abstract
Scanning electron microscopy was used to identify fractographic features that are characteristic of different modes of interlaminar fracture. The cusp angle and the amount of fiber pull-out on the fracture surface can be used to characterize the different loading modes. A large amount of fiber pull-out is the dominant feature of a mode I fracture, while in mode II large cusp angles and many cusps are the main characteristics. The amount of fiber pull-out, and subsequently brokenfibers, per unit area was investigated and found to vary in proportion to the degree of mode I loading. Such methods can be used to analyze failure and the propagation ofdelamination in structural components. The energy associated with cusp formation constitutes a large proportion of the mode IIfracture toughness component, while the amount of fiber pull-out and fracture has a considerable influence on the mode I fracture component. The cusp angle was seen to provide a quantitative measure of the fracture surface roughness. A failure criterion that takes the fracture surface appearance into account was evaluated. The cusp angle was subsequently used to modify this failure criterion. As a consequence, this provided improved agreement with the experimental data.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Journal
Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
Volume
5
Issue
3
Start Page
291
End Page
307
Copyright (Published Version)
1998 Taylor and Francis
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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