Scaling parameter for fatigue delamination growth in composites under varying load ratios
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Abstract
Fatigue delamination growth in composite laminates is strongly influenced by mean loads or load ratios. Description of this behaviour currently relies on empirical curve fitting, which renders it difficult to predict fatigue lives of composite structures subjected to variable amplitude fatigue loading. This paper presents a new scaling parameter that is consistent with the similitude concept and incorporates the crack-tip shielding effects of fibre bridging under fatigue loading. Static and fatigue experiments were carried out on IM7/977-3 composite laminates under mode I and mode II. Large-scale fibre bridging was observed as a major toughening mechanism under both static and fatigue loading. To correctly account for the effect of fibre bridging, an inverse method was developed to determine the traction stresses acting in the crack wake. The new scaling parameter, accounting for the effect of bridging by cross-over fibres, is shown to unify the fatigue growth rates under different load ratios obtained in this study.
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OpenAlex topics: Mechanical Behavior of Composites · Fatigue and fracture mechanics · Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
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