Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 1254-1262Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.02.011
Keywords
CFRP cross-ply laminates; fatigue behavior; S-N curve; tensile properties; ply-cracking damage; fiber-peeling damage
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This paper focuses on the damage and fracture process of CFRP cross-ply laminates under on-axis and off-axis cyclic loading. On the semi-log S-N curves obtained by fatigue tests, fatigue fracture is described by a straight line and the fatigue limit is not recognized clearly. In the on-axis fatigue tests, fiber-peeling damage in 0 degrees plies develops in addition to ply-cracking damage in 90 degrees plies. The fiber-peeling damage was described by peeling-off of fiber bundles from the specimen surface after micro-scale damage of matrix resin and fiber-matrix interface. Most of the ply-cracking damage develops at an early stage of stress cycles, and slightly increases during fatigue, while the fiber-peeling damage in 0 degrees plies initiates from the edges of 0 degrees plies and evolves in the whole area of laminates with an increase in stress cycles. The fatigue fracture seems to occur when the 0 degrees plies lose their load carrying capacity by the evolution of the fiber-peeling damage. In the off-axis fatigue tests, the fatigue fracture is caused by the initiation and evolution of ply-cracking damage and succeeding delamination. It is concluded that the fatigue strength is governed by the fiber-peeling damage in 0 degrees plies under on-axis cyclic loading and by the ply-cracking damage and delamination under off-axis cyclic loading. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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