The delamination growth in FMLs under fatigue load based on DIC method

Yu E. Ma, Wen Bo Sun, Xiao Peng Ai

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Abstract

Glass fiber reinforced aluminum alloy laminates (FMLs) is a new kind of composite material, which has more excellent specific strength, specific stiffness, anti-fatigue and impact resistance. Delamination is the main damage of FMLs. This paper designed several samples with different notch sizes and performed the delamination growth under different fatigue loads. Based on DIC method, the shapes and sizes of delamination and crack lengths were calculated. It is shown that delamination growth slows down along the loading direction with crack growing. The crack growth rates decrease firstly, then remain almost stable for a long crack growth, and rise rapidly at last. The effects of stress ratios and notch sizes on delamination growth and crack propagation were analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2017
Event21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2017 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 20 Aug 201725 Aug 2017

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period20/08/1725/08/17

Keywords

  • Crack growth
  • Delamination growth
  • DIC method
  • Fatigue load
  • FMLs

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