{"title":"Subsonic and Intersonic Dynamic Crack Growth in Unidirectional Composites","authors":"D. Coker, A. Rosakis, Yonggang Huang","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0906","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Some recent experimental observations of highly dynamic crack growth events in thick unidirectional graphite fiber-reinforced epoxy matrix composite plates are presented. The composite plates were symmetrically (mode-I) and asymmetrically (mode-II) loaded in a one-point bend configuration with an edge pre-notch machined in the fiber direction. The lateral shearing interferometric technique of coherent gradient sensing (CGS) was used in conjunction with high-speed photography. Symmetric, mode-I cracks initiated at 1300 m/s and subsequently accelerated up to the Rayleigh wave speed but never exceeded it. For asymmetric, Mode-II types of loading, the results reveal highly unstable and intersonic, shear-dominated crack growth along the fibers. The intersonic cracks propagated with unprecedented speeds reaching 7400 m/s, more than three times the shear wave speed of the composite, and featured a shock wave structure typical of disturbances travelling with speeds higher than one of the characteristic wave speeds in the solid.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123704357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Equivalent Composite Laminated Beams With Various Elastic Constitutive Models","authors":"I. Sheinman, Y. Frostig","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0905","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Equivalent one-dimensional constitutive models of composite laminated beams with shear deformation are derived from the classical laminate two-dimensional using first-order shear deformable theory. The present cylindrical bending constitutive models can be used — with much greater accuracy than their well known plane-strain and plane-stress counterparts — as upper and lower bounds, to one of which the behavior tends depending on the width-to-length ratio; this aspect was investigated and results are presented.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123282015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Postbuckling and Growth Behavior of Face-Sheet Delaminations in Sandwich Composites","authors":"George A. Kadomateas","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0903","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A bending load on a sandwich beam consisting of two fiber-reinforced sheets (skins) separated by a low stiffness core is equivalent to a compressive force on one face and a tensile force on the other. Should an interface crack between the layers of the composite face-sheet or between the core and the composite face-sheet exists on the compressively loaded face, local buckling and subsequently growth of this interface crack (delamination) may occur. This may also naturally occur under pure compression. In this study, the buckling, postbuckling and delamination growth behavior is studied through a procedure that is based on the large deflections of the delaminated layer. First, the solution is derived for the postbuckled states by using the elastica theory to model the large deflections of the thin delaminated layer and the sandwich beam theory (for unsymmetric sections) that includes transverse shear, to model the (relatively modest) deflections of the rest of the structure. This postbuckling solution is subsequently used to study the growth of the mixed mode interface crack through an energy release rate approach. The consequences of the elastic mismatch between core and face sheet are discussed and illustrative results are presented for several sandwich construction configurations.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133104794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of Delamination on Strength of Externally Pressurized Glass/Epoxy Cylinders","authors":"P. Davies, L. Carlsson","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0908","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The delamination resistance of filament wound glass/epoxy cylinders has been characterized for a range of winding angles and fracture mode ratios using beam fracture specimens. The results reveal that the fracture resistance increases with increasing winding angle and mode II (shear) fraction (GII/G). It was also found that interlaced fiber bundles in the filament wound cylinder wall acted as effective crack arresters in mode I loading. To examine the sensitivity of delamination damage on the implosion behavior of cylinders, external pressure tests were performed on filament-wound glass/epoxy composite cylinders with artificial defects and impact damage. The results revealed that the cylinder strength was insensitive to the presence of single delaminations but impact damage caused reductions in failure pressure. The insensitivity of the failure pressure to a single delamination is attributed to the absence of buckling of the delaminated sublaminates before the cylinder wall collapsed. The impacted cylinders contained multiple delaminations, which caused local reduction in the compressive load capability and reduction in failure pressure.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124379878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mixed Mode Stress Singularities in Anisotropic Composites","authors":"W. Yin","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0901","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Multi-material wedges composed of fully anisotropic elastic sectors generally show intrinsic coupling of the anti-plane and in-plane modes of deformation. Each anisotropic sector has three complex conjugate pairs of material eigensolutions whose form of expression depends on five distinct types of anisotropic materials. Continuity of the displacements and the tractions across the sector interfaces and the traction-free conditions on two exterior boundary edges determine an infinite sequence of eigenvalues and eigensolutions of the multi-material wedge. These eigensolutions are linearly combined to match the traction-boundary data (generated by global finite element analysis of the structure) on a circular path encircling the singularity. The analysis method is applied to a bimaterial wedge near the free edge of a four-layer angle-ply laminate, and to a trimaterial wedge surrounding the tip of an embedded oblique crack in a three-layer composite. Under a uniform temperature load, the elasticity solution based on the eigenseries yields interfacial stresses that are significantly different from the asymptotic solution (given by the first term of the eigenseries), even as the distance from the singularity decreases to subatomic scales. Similar observations have been found previously for isotropic and orthotropic multi-material wedges. This raises serious questions with regard to characterizing the criticality of stress singularity exclusively in terms of the asymptotic solution and the associated stress intensity factors or generalized stress intensity factors.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"419 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123145587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Nonlinear Flexural Behavior of Thick Composites With Fiber Waviness","authors":"H. Chun, S. Lee, I. Daniel","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0899","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A finite element analysis model was developed to predict flexural behavior of thick composites with uniform, graded and localized fiber waviness. In the analyses, material and geometrical nonlinearties due to fiber waviness were incorporated into the model utilizing energy density and an incremental method. In the model, two kinds of geometrical nonlinearity were considered, one due to reorientation of fibers and the other due to difference of curvatures from one finite element to another during deformation. The finite element analyses utilize the iterative mapping method to incorporate these geometrical nonlinear factors. The model was used to predict not only the flexural behavior of a flat thick composite plate but also of a thick composite plate with initial curvature. Flat composite specimens with various degrees of fiber waviness were fabricated and four-point flexural tests were conducted. The predicted nonlinear behavior by the current model was compared with results from the thin slice model [7] and experiments. Good agreement was observed among them.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125616629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haiying Huang, George A. Kadomateas, V. L. Saponara
{"title":"Mixed Mode Interface Cracks in a Bi-Material Half Plane and a Bi-Material Strip","authors":"Haiying Huang, George A. Kadomateas, V. L. Saponara","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0900","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper presents a method for determining the dislocation solution in a bi-material half plane and a bi-material infinite strip, which is subsequently used to obtain the mixed-mode stress intensity factors for a corresponding bi-material interface crack. First, the dislocation solution in a bi-material infinite plane is summarized. An array of surface dislocations is then distributed along the free boundary of the half plane and the infinite strip. The dislocation densities of the aforementioned surface dislocations are determined by satisfying the traction-free boundary conditions. After the dislocation solution in the finite domain is achieved, the mixed-mode stress intensity factors for interface cracks are calculated based on the continuous dislocation technique. Results are compared with analytical solution for homogeneous anisotropic media.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131080221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three Dimensional Effects in Composite Plates","authors":"S. Prabhu, J. Lambros","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0904","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this study, a finite element investigation of the three dimensional nature of stress fields in the near tip region of a cracked orthotropic plate was conducted. Two and three dimensional finite element analyses were used to investigate the relative extent of regions of three dimensional to two dimensional (plane stress or plane strain) deformation in the cracked plate. The material properties used in the simulations corresponded to those of a graphite/epoxy composite. A three point bend loading geometry, with the fiber directions either parallel or perpendicular to the crack, was simulated. In analogy to isotropic materials, it was observed that a plane stress K-dominant region does not arise arbitrarily close to the crack tip because of the existence of a three dimensional zone. However, it was seen that the shape and the size of this three dimensional zone in the cracked composite plate is substantially different from that of an isotropic plate, and depends intimately on material properties. For a crack parallel to the fiber direction the three dimensional zone extends to 0.46h (h = specimen thickness) ahead of the crack tip but only to 0.27h at 30°. Fibers perpendicular to the crack produce a highly elongated three dimensional zone in the direction of the fibers (up to 0.78h). The zone is also sensitive to the variations in the Poisson’s ratio’s of the orthotropic solid.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134106084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Mahfuz, W. Al Mamun, H. Mohamed, U. Vaidya, A. Haque, S. Jeelani
{"title":"High Strain Rate Response of Resin Infusion Molded Sandwich Composites","authors":"H. Mahfuz, W. Al Mamun, H. Mohamed, U. Vaidya, A. Haque, S. Jeelani","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0909","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Foam core sandwich composites have been tested under high strain rate (HSR) loading in the thickness direction. The regular Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) has been modified by replacing the steel transmitter bar by a polycarbonate bar. This modification resulted in stronger signals from the transmitter bar, which would otherwise be very feeble especially when testing soft materials. New sets of mathematical formulations have been derived to account for the impedance mismatch between the incidence and transmitter bars. The modified equations are first verified with a known material and then used for sandwich composites. Three types of core with various densities have been tested under compression at strain rates ranging from quasi-static to 1000 S−1. The compressive failure stress has been observed to be directly proportional to the core density, as well as to the strain rate. The strain rate sensitivity was moderate, and the sandwich composites mostly failed by the collapse of the foam-cell. Delamination did not play a major role in the failure process. Details of the mathematical derivations and the analysis of the HSR behavior are presented in this paper.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115989583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Composites Under Multiaxial Compression","authors":"K. Oguni, G. Ravichandran","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0907","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Results from an experimental investigation on the mechanical behavior of a unidirectional reinforced polymer composite with 50% volume fraction E-glass/vinylester under uniaxial and proportional multiaxial compression are presented. Specimens are loaded in the fiber direction using a servo-hydraulic material testing system for low strain rates and a Kolsky (split Hopkinson) pressure bar for high strain rates, up to 3000 s−1. The results indicate that the compressive strength of the composite increases with increasing levels of confinement and increasing strain rates. Post-test optical and scanning electron microscopy is used to identify the failure modes. The failure mode that is observed in unconfined specimen is axial splitting followed by fiber kink band formation. At high levels of confinement, the failure mode transitions from axial splitting to kink band formation and fiber failure. Also, a new energy based analytic model for studying axial splitting phenomenon in unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites is presented.","PeriodicalId":136673,"journal":{"name":"Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114143179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}