Tensile failure of laminates containing an embedded wrinkle; numerical and experimental study
Tensile failure of laminates containing an embedded wrinkle; numerical and experimental study
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DOI:
10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.07.007
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发表时间:
2015-10-01
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8.7
通讯作者:
Hallett, Stephen R.
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作者:
Mukhopadhyay, Supratik;Jones, Mike I.;Hallett, Stephen R.
The failure of a quasi-isotropic composite laminate containing an embedded out-of-plane fibre wrinkle defect was investigated under tension loading. Laboratory test specimens with controlled severity of fibre waviness were manufactured. Along with recording load displacement data, high resolution camera images were taken at regular intervals which monitored the initiation and interaction of different damage mechanisms during test. Three-dimensional FE models were built following the geometry of actual test specimens. The information obtained from the tests was used to develop user material subroutines, implemented in Abaqus/Explicit as continuum damage and cohesive zone models for intra- and inter-ply failure respectively. The results of the simulations showed very good correlation with test observations in terms of failure load, location of damage initiation and interaction between different damage mechanisms for a range of waviness cases tested. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.