A critical review on free edge delamination fracture criteria

M Burhan, Z Ullah, Z Kazancı… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Laminates experience three-dimensional singular stress near their free edges due to elastic
mismatches between layers, which can cause delamination. This paper critically evaluates …

Experimental and numerical investigation of fracture characteristics in hybrid steel/composite and monolithic angle-ply laminates

M Burhan, Z Ullah - Journal of Composite Materials, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigated the fracture characteristics of hybrid laminates consisting of CorTen
steel and carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites under quasi-static loading, both …

[HTML][HTML] A finite fracture mechanics approach to assess the fatigue life of laminates exhibiting free edge effects

M Burhan, Z Ullah, Z Kazancı, G Catalanotti - Composite Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents the application of a 3D Finite Fracture Mechanics (FFM) criterion for
predicting fatigue life estimation of laminates exhibiting free edge effects. The proposed 3D …

Explanation of edge defect influence on sapphire bending strength scatter using the coupled criterion

A Doitrand, R Henry, S Meille - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2025 - Elsevier
Sapphire fracture is studied by means of four-point bending tests on mirror-polished
millimetric specimens having their crystallographic a→-axis oriented along the specimen …

Predicting free edge delamination induced by thermal loading using finite fracture mechanics

M Burhan, Z Ullah, Z Kazancı, G Catalanotti - International Journal of …, 2025 - Springer
The material mismatch between the dissimilarly oriented plies within laminated structures
induces localised singular interlaminar stresses at free edges, under various loading …

Mechanisms of transverse cracking induced by adjacent ply matrix cracks in composite laminates

N Carrère, A Doitrand, M Conan… - Comptes …, 2025 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
La fissuration dans les stratifiés composites, contenant des plis orientés à θ de la direction
de chargement adjacents à des plis à 90, est étudiée expérimentalement et numériquement …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of edge defects on sapphire failure

A Doitrand, R Henry, S Meille - 2024 - hal.science
Sapphire fracture is studied by means of four-point bending tests on mirror-polished
millimetric specimens having their cristallographic ì𝑎 axis oriented along the specimen …