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COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 281, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114970
Keywords
Orthotropy; Fracture toughness; Stress intensity factor (SIF); Crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD); Finite element analysis (FEA); Mechanical testing
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This study utilized 2D FEA to evaluate key parameters for fracture toughness testing on orthotropic materials, developing accurate regression solutions and applying them to experimental data for further discussion. The research outcome is expected to benefit the standardization of fracture toughness testing on orthotropic composite materials.
Majority of the fracture toughness tests on orthotropic materials reported in the literature are based on the testing methods developed for isotropic materials since there is no available testing standards specifically dealing with orthotropic materials. In this study, a systematic two-dimensional finite element analyses (2D FEA) of orthotropic single-edge notched bend (SENB) specimens are performed to evaluate the stress intensity factor (SIF) and crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD), which are two key parameters used in the fracture toughness tests. The analysis matrix covers a wide range of material orthotropy. Highly accurate regression solutions for SIF, CMOD compliance and its inverse function were developed as functions of orthotropy parameters. Applications of the proposed equations on experimental data are presented and further discussed. The research outcome is expected beneficial to the standardization of the fracture toughness testing on orthotropic composite materials such as wood, bone and unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites.
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