Fiber reinforced resin matrix composites are more and more widely used in aerospace and
automobile manufacturing industries. However, the probability of manufacturing defects in …

This paper presents a study on delamination growth in Mode I, Mode II and mixed mode
under fatigue loading in an HTA/6376C composite. The computed slopes of the modified …

Delamination growth under fatigue loads in real composite components generally develops
in a non-constant propagation mode. The aim of the investigation described in this article …

Test methods determining interlaminar fracture toughness of composites are typically
performed in conjunction with in-situ surface imaging techniques to detect the crack initiation …

Analysis and experiments on quasi-unidirectional and angle-ply laminate DCB fracture
specimens are presented. The analysis treats the DCB specimen as two Bernoulli–Euler …

Despite decades of development, the delamination damage of multidirectional laminates still
accounts for a considerable proportion of the failure problems encountered in the actual …

Results are presented from a theoretical investigation of the effect of stacking sequence on
energy release rate distributions in laminated composite double cantilever beam and end …

A single leg bending test is described and its suitability for interfacial fracture toughness
testing is evaluated. The test specimen consists of a beam-type geometry comprised of two …

An analytical investigation is conducted to determine the shape of a growing delamination
and the distribution of the energy release rate along the delamination front in a laminated …

Composite materials are increasingly used in aerospace, underwater, and automotive
structures. They provide unique advantages over their metallic counterparts, but also create …