Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 156, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.106834
Keywords
A; Laminates; B; Fracture toughness; C; Damage mechanics; Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)
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This paper characterizes the dynamic fracture toughness of laminated composites in fibre kinking mode and its evolution with crack growth at high loading rates. The study found that the fracture toughness remains constant at the initiation of fibre kinking damage, but decreases noticeably during the kinking band growth stage at higher loading rates. Two different types of damage evolution were observed depending on the amount of delamination involved.
Dynamic fracture toughness of laminated composites in fibre kinking mode, and its evolution with crack growth, is characterized in this paper at high loading rate. The compact compression specimen was loaded with electromagnetic Hopkinson bars at a velocity of up to 3.5 m/s. The measured surface displacement/strain fields with digital image correlation were analysed with the J-integral method, and energy dissipation during initiation and propagation of fibre kinking band was obtained at different loading rates. The fracture toughness at the initiation of fibre kinking damage remains constant in all tests, while during kinking band growth stage, it has been found to decrease noticeably at higher loading rate. Two different types of damage evolution have been observed in this study depending on the amount of delamination involved, as delamination can lead to a rapid drop of loading capacity, and results in relatively low fracture toughness after kinking band formation.
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