journal article·1998-05

Transverse cracking and delamination in cross-ply gr/ep composites under dry, saturated and immersed fatigue

Alex S. Selvarathinam, Y. Jack Weitsman

International Journal of Fracture· Volume 91· Issue 2
Publisher page

Abstract

No abstract is available for this record. The assistant can identify its topic from the title, but cannot infer the study’s results.

Source: Not provided · Quality: missing

Research context

OpenAlex topics: Fatigue and fracture mechanics · Mechanical Behavior of Composites · Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation

SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.

References (15)

Show source-provided references
1. Chou, I., Kimpara, I., Kageyama, K. and Ohsawa, I. (1993). Effect of moisture absorption on mode I and mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of CFRP laminates, pp. 8–16, Japan Journal of Composite Materials. (In Japanese).10.6089/jscm.19.46 ↗
2. Erdman, D.L. and Weitsman, Y. (1998). The multi–fracture response of cross–ply ceramic composites. International Journal of Solids and Structures 35(31–32) (to appear).10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00248-5 ↗
3. Fish, J.C. and Lee, S.W. (1990). Three–dimensional analysis of combined free–edge and transverse–crack–tip delamination. In: Composite Materials: Testing and Design (Ninth Volume)(Edited by S.P. Garbo), ASTM STP 1059, pp. 271–286.10.1520/STP24116S ↗
4. Gao, J. and Weitsman, Y.J. (1998). Composites in the sea: sorption, strength and fatigue, University of Tennessee Report MAES98–4.0–CM September 1998.
5. Kim, T.W., Kim, H.J. and Im, S. (1991). Delamination crack originating from transverse cracking in cross–ply composite laminates under extension. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 27(15), 1925–1941.10.1016/0020-7683(91)90186-J ↗
6. Kosuri, R. and Weitsman, Y. (1995). Sorption processes and immersed fatigue response of gr/ep composites in sea water, Proceedings of the ICCM–10, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, vol. VI, pp. 177–184.
7. Nairn, J. A. and Hu, S. (1994). Matrix cracking. In: Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials(Edited by R. Talreja), Elsevier Science B. V., Chap. 6, pp. 187–396.
8. O'Brien, T.K. (1982). Characterization of delamination onset and growth in a composite laminate. In: Damage in Composite Materials(Edited by K.L. Reifsnider), ASTM STP 775, pp. 140–167.10.1520/STP34325S ↗
9. O'Brien, T.K. (1997). Composite Interlaminar Shear Fracture G IIC : Shear Measurement or Shear Myth? NASA Technical Memorandum 110280. U.S. Army Laboratory Technical Report 1312.
10. Raju, I.S. (1987). Calculation of strain–energy release rates with higher order and singular finite elements. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 28, 251–274.10.1016/0013-7944(87)90220-7 ↗
11. Raju, I.S., Crews Jr., H.H., and Aminpour, M.A. (1988). Convergence of strain energy release rate components for edge–delaminated composite laminates. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 30, 383–396.10.1016/0013-7944(88)90196-8 ↗
12. Rybicki, E.F. and Kanninen, M.F. (1977). A finite element calculation of stress intensity factors by a modified crack closure integral. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 9, 931–938.10.1016/0013-7944(77)90013-3 ↗
13. Smith, L.V. and Weitsman, Y.J. (1996). The immersed fatigue response of polymer composites. International Journal of Fracture 82, 31–42.10.1007/BF00017862 ↗
14. Weitsman, Y. (1998). Effects of Fluids on Polymeric Composites – A Review, Report no. MAES98–5.0–CM. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996–2030.
15. Weitsman, Y. and Zhu, H. (1993). Multi–fracture of ceramic composites. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 41(2), 351–388.10.1016/0022-5096(93)90012-5 ↗