Experimental and numerical studies of initial cracking in CFRP cross-ply laminates

Volume: 68, Pages: 81 - 89
Published: Jan 1, 2015
Abstract
This work is concerned with the conditions for formation of the first (initial) cracks in composite laminates with cutouts or ply drop-offs subjected to in-plane loading. We study here the crack formation on the free edge of CFRP cross-ply laminates experimentally and by numerical stress and failure analysis. The free-edge surface strains are measured by the digital image correlation (DIC) technique. The numerical analysis consists of a...
Paper Details
Title
Experimental and numerical studies of initial cracking in CFRP cross-ply laminates
Published Date
Jan 1, 2015
Volume
68
Pages
81 - 89
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