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Evaluation of delamination growth characterization methods under mode i fatigue loading
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Murri, Gretchen B. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Reliable delamination characterization data for laminated composites are needed for input to analytical models of structures to predict delamination. The double-cantilevered beam (DCB) specimen is used with laminated composites to measure fracture toughness, G(sub Ic), delamination onset strain energy release rate, and growth rate data under cyclic loading. In the current study, DCB specimens of IM7/8552 graphite/epoxy supplied by two different manufacturers were tested in static and fatigue to compare the measured characterization data from the two sources, and to evaluate a proposed ASTM standard for generating Paris Law equations. Static results were used to generate compliance calibration constants for the fatigue data, and a delamination resistance curve, G(sub IR), which was used to determine the effects of fiber-bridging on delamination growth. Specimens were tested in fatigue at a cyclic G(sub Imax) level equal to 50, 40 or 30% of G(sub Ic), to determine a delamination onset curve and delamination growth rate. The delamination onset curve equations had similar exponents and the same trends. Delamination growth rate was calculated by fitting a Paris Law to the da/dN versus G(sub Imax) data. Both a 2-point and a 7-point data reduction method were used and the Paris Law equations were compared. To determine the effects of fiber-bridging, growth rate results were normalized by the delamination resistance curve for each material and compared to the non-normalized results. Paris Law exponents were found to decrease by 31% to 37% due to normalizing the growth data. Normalizing the data also greatly reduced the amount of scatter between the different specimens. Visual data records from the fatigue testing were used to calculate individual compliance calibration constants from the fatigue data for some of the specimens. The resulting da/dN versus G(sub Imax) plots showed much improved repeatability between specimens. Gretchen |
| File Size | 3031843 |
| Page Count | 21 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120015491 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7sn56126 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Composite Materials Exponents Calibrating Strain Energy Release Rate Cyclic Loads Laminates Cantilever Beams Data Reduction Crack Bridging Fatigue Materials Delaminating Graphite-epoxy Composites Mathematical Models Fracture Strength Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
