Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates

The influence of ply orientation on the resistance to mode I delamination of multidirectional composite laminates can be assessed by Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) tests. However, one of the difficulties associated with such a study is the change in overall elastic parameters occurring when modifyin...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin, Rousseau, Jerome, Xiao-Jing, Gong, Guillaumat, Laurent, Mohamed Ali, Jaafar Syed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/21764/1/Effects_of_fiber_orientation_of_adjacent_plies_on_the_mode_I.pdf
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author Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
Rousseau, Jerome
Xiao-Jing, Gong
Guillaumat, Laurent
Mohamed Ali, Jaafar Syed
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Rousseau, Jerome
Xiao-Jing, Gong
Guillaumat, Laurent
Mohamed Ali, Jaafar Syed
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description The influence of ply orientation on the resistance to mode I delamination of multidirectional composite laminates can be assessed by Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) tests. However, one of the difficulties associated with such a study is the change in overall elastic parameters occurring when modifying local ply orientations. The present work uses laminates with special stacking sequences allowing for isolating the orientation parameter. Multidirectional DCB specimens were designed so as to obtain an uncoupled quasi isotropic and quasi-homogeneous elastic behavior, with the same properties for the entire laminate and the two sub laminates separated by the pre crack at mid-plane. The results show that the toughness in term of GIC is slightly affected by the variation of ply orientations at the crack interface. The differences are more pronounced in the crack propagation behavior after the initiation point. Even with the same orientation at the crack interface, different subsequent ply orientations can also lead to different crack resistance behavior.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:217642012-05-06T10:51:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/21764/ Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin Rousseau, Jerome Xiao-Jing, Gong Guillaumat, Laurent Mohamed Ali, Jaafar Syed The influence of ply orientation on the resistance to mode I delamination of multidirectional composite laminates can be assessed by Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) tests. However, one of the difficulties associated with such a study is the change in overall elastic parameters occurring when modifying local ply orientations. The present work uses laminates with special stacking sequences allowing for isolating the orientation parameter. Multidirectional DCB specimens were designed so as to obtain an uncoupled quasi isotropic and quasi-homogeneous elastic behavior, with the same properties for the entire laminate and the two sub laminates separated by the pre crack at mid-plane. The results show that the toughness in term of GIC is slightly affected by the variation of ply orientations at the crack interface. The differences are more pronounced in the crack propagation behavior after the initiation point. Even with the same orientation at the crack interface, different subsequent ply orientations can also lead to different crack resistance behavior. Elsevier 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/21764/1/Effects_of_fiber_orientation_of_adjacent_plies_on_the_mode_I.pdf Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin and Rousseau, Jerome and Xiao-Jing, Gong and Guillaumat, Laurent and Mohamed Ali, Jaafar Syed (2011) Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 10. pp. 3179-3184. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705811007132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.525,
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Rousseau, Jerome
Xiao-Jing, Gong
Guillaumat, Laurent
Mohamed Ali, Jaafar Syed
Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates
title Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates
title_full Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates
title_fullStr Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates
title_full_unstemmed Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates
title_short Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates
title_sort effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode i crack propagation in a carbon epoxy laminates
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/21764/1/Effects_of_fiber_orientation_of_adjacent_plies_on_the_mode_I.pdf
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