Dependence of fracture toughness of composite laminates on interface ply orientations and delamination growth direction

2004 ◽  
Vol 64 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 2139-2152 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Andersons ◽  
M König
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Delamination Growth

Nanofillers’ Effects on Fracture Energy in Composite Aerospace Structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 827 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Andrea Sellitto ◽  
Aniello Riccio ◽  
A. Russo ◽  
Antonio Garofano ◽  
Mauro Zarrelli
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Compressive Loading ◽  
Compressive Load ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Delamination Growth ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Consequent Reduction

Composite materials damage behaviour is, nowadays, extensively investigated in the frame of aerospace research programmes. Among the several failure mechanisms which can affect composites, delamination can be considered as the most critical one, especially when combined to compressive loading conditions. In this context, nanofillers can represent an effective way to increase the composites fracture toughness with a consequent reduction of the delamination onset and evolution. Hence, in this paper, the toughening effect of the nanofillers on the delamination growth in composite material panels, subject to compressive load, has been numerically studied. A validated robust numerical procedure for the prediction of the delamination growth in composite materials panel, named SMXB and based on the VCCT-Fail release approach, has been used to perform numerical analyses by considering two different types of nanofillers. Reference material, without nanofillers insertion, has been used as benchmark in order to assess the capability of nanofillers to enhance the fracture toughness in composite laminates.

Random Critical Fracture Toughness Values of China Railway Grade B Cast Steel Wheel

2011 ◽  
Vol 480-481 ◽  
pp. 381-386
Author(s):  
Lei Chen ◽  
Yong Xiang Zhao ◽  
Guo Xiang Song
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Cast Steel ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Steel Wheel ◽  
Quantitative Measurements ◽  
Critical Fracture ◽  
Plastic Dissipation ◽  
Damage Process

Fracture surface observations and statistical deriving are applied for investigating the random critical fracture toughness values of China grade B cast steel wheel. Results reveal that: the crack grows to show fabric like stripes along the growth direction with few of dimples. Cleavage flowers appear under higher magnification. Cracked structural damage process is verified with few of plastic dissipation. At the same time, code based evaluated results indicate that significant scatter exists for the toughness values. Lognormal modeling is constructed appropriately with a comprehensive statistical comparison method. It is verified that random characters and quantitative measurements have been well depicted for the present critical fracture toughness values.

Mechanical properties of NiAl-Mo composites produced by specially controlled directional solidification

2012 ◽  
Vol 1516 ◽  
pp. 255-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Zhang ◽  
L. Hu ◽  
W. Hu ◽  
G. Gottstein ◽  
S. Bogner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Directional Solidification ◽  
Creep Resistance ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Nominal Composition ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
In Situ Composites

ABSTRACTMo fiber reinforced NiAl in-situ composites with a nominal composition Ni-43.8Al-9.5Mo (at.%) were produced by specially controlled directional solidification (DS) using a laboratory-scale Bridgman furnace equipped with a liquid metal cooling (LMC) device. In these composites, single crystalline Mo fibers were precipitated out through eutectic reaction and aligned parallel to the growth direction of the ingot. Mechanical properties, i.e. the creep resistance at high temperatures (HT, between 900 °C and 1200 °C) and the fracture toughness at room temperature (RT) of in-situ NiAl-Mo composites, were characterized by tensile creep (along the growth direction) and flexure (four-point bending, vertical to the growth direction) tests, respectively. In the current study, a steady creep rate of 10-6s-1 at 1100 °C under an initial applied tensile stress of 150MPa was measured. The flexure tests sustained a fracture toughness of 14.5 MPa·m1/2at room temperature. Compared to binary NiAl and other NiAl alloys, these properties showed a remarkably improvement in creep resistance at HT and fracture toughness at RT that makes this composite a potential candidate material for structural application at the temperatures above 1000 °C. The mechanisms responsible for the improvement of the mechanical properties in NiAl-Mo in-situ composites were discussed based on the investigation results.

scholarly journals Mode I fatigue delamination growth with fibre bridging in multidirectional composite laminates

2018 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 221-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liaojun Yao ◽  
Yi Sun ◽  
Licheng Guo ◽  
Xiuqi Lyu ◽  
Meiying Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Delamination Growth ◽  
Fibre Bridging

The Influence of Mobile Dislocation Density on the Fracture Toughness of B2-Based Ni-Fe-Al Alloys

1994 ◽  
Vol 350 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Misra ◽  
R. D. Noebe ◽  
R. Gibala
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Dislocation Density ◽  
Tensile Ductility ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Mobile Dislocation ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Mobile Dislocation Density ◽  
Dislocation Generation ◽  
Multiphase Materials ◽  
Β Phase

AbstractThe deformation and fracture behaviors of two directionally solidified multi-phase Ni-Fe-Al ordered alloys were investigated. One alloy consisted of continuous β+γ lamellae with fine γ precipitates within the γ phase. The NiAl-based β phase of this alloy exhibited <100> slip even when deformed parallel to the [001] growth direction. This material exhibited an initiation fracture toughness of ∼ 30 MPa √m and tensile ductility of 10%. The second alloy consisted of aligned but discontinuous γ lamellae within a continuous β phase. Again, the γ phase contained γ precipitates, but unlike the previous alloy, the β phase also contained a fine dispersion of bcc precipitates due to spinodal decomposition. The β phase of this alloy deformed by <111> slip. This four-phase alloy exhibited a fracture toughness of ∼ 21 MPa √m and tensile ductility of 2%. Observations of the plastic zone in both alloys indicated significant plasticity in the β phase due to easy slip transfer from the ductile second phase. The enhanced fracture resistance of these multiphase materials compared to single phase β alloys is attributed in large part to intrinsic toughening of the β phase by an increased mobile dislocation density due to efficient dislocation generation from the β/γ interfaces.

Loading Rate Effect on Translaminar Fracture Toughness of Hybrid Composite Laminate

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Moy ◽  
Jerome Tzeng
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Glass Matrix ◽  
Small Volume ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Rate Effect ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Small Volume Fraction ◽  
Matrix Property

Abstract Fracture toughness properties of composite laminates were evaluated at a loading rate commonly observed in ordinance applications. The laminates are composed of IM7 graphite and a small volume fraction of S2 glass plies to form a cross-ply laminate. Fracture toughness appears to be very rate sensitive if the crack growth perpendicular to the plane dominated by glass/matrix property. Experimental data shows a 30–40% increase of fracture toughness for various layup as the loading rate was increase by 1000 times. The specimens examined under microscopic indicates the strengthening might due to different failure mechanism in the matrix. In addition, there is no visible rate effect if the crack propagation is perpendicular to the graphite dominant plane.

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