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COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 314, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.116973
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Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Damage tolerance; Fatigue; Residual strength after fatigue
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In this study, open-hole tensile fatigue tests were conducted on carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer laminates using thin-ply prepregs to investigate the effects of varying ply thickness. Fatigue damage growth around a circular hole was evaluated through X-ray radiography, and the effect of fatigue damage on residual strength was assessed through static tensile tests. The results demonstrated that thin-ply laminates can suppress fatigue damage growth and retain residual strength under high-cycle fatigue, confirming their superiority over thick-ply laminates.
Thin-ply composites are promising structural materials because of their excellent damage resistance and fatigue properties, as well as the advantage of improved design freedom in composite structures. In this study, open-hole tensile fatigue tests were performed on carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer laminates using thin-ply prepregs to investigate the effects of varying ply thickness. Fatigue tests were performed on three types of quasi-isotropic laminates with different ply thicknesses (thin-ply, intermediate-ply, and thick-ply) at several stresses. Fatigue damage growth around a circular hole was examined by evaluating stiffness degradation and internal damage using X-ray radiography. Additionally, the fatigued specimens were subjected to static tensile tests to evaluate the effect of fatigue damage on the residual strength after fatigue tests. The thin-ply laminates can suppress fatigue damage growth and retain the residual strength properties under high-cycle fatigue at high stress level, thus validating their superiority over thick-ply laminates.
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