Experimental determination of Through-Thickness Compression (TTC) enhancement factor for Mode II fracture energy

Xiaodong Xu; Michael Wisnom; Xiaoyang Sun; Tamas Rev; Stephen Hallett

doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2018.06.012

Experimental determination of Through-Thickness Compression (TTC) enhancement factor for Mode II fracture energy

Xiaodong Xu^*
, Michael Wisnom
, Xiaoyang Sun
, Tamas Rev
, Stephen Hallett

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Mode II fracture energy, G_IIC, is a critical parameter for determining the propagation of delamination in composite laminates. Its value can be affected by Through-Thickness Compression (TTC) stress acting on the crack tip and here this effect has been studied using IM7/8552 carbon/epoxy laminates with cut central plies. External TTC loads were applied through bi-axial testing. Unidirectional (UD) cut-ply specimens were used to determine the TTC enhancement factor, η_G, for G_IIC. A similar enhancement effect was also found in Quasi-isotropic (QI) specimens with 2 extra cut central 0° plies inserted into the layup. The TTC enhancement factor was implemented in a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) framework using cohesive interface elements, showing that the determined η_G can be successfully used to model the effect of TTC on delamination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	66-73
Number of pages	8
Journal	Composites Science and Technology
Volume	165
Early online date	15 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2018.06.012
Publication status	Published - 8 Sept 2018

Keywords

B. Delamination
B. Fracture toughness
Bi-axial testing
C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

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