Damage growth behavior and interlaminar fracture resistance of CFRP laminates under shear fracture mode

Interfacial failure problem of composite laminates was experimentally studied to know the dependence of interlaminar fracture resistance on various conditions as well as conditions of migration of the delamination into lamina to understand three-dimensional complex damage growths. A test method was proposed to realize a stable damage growth without influence of free edge under varying shear fracture mode in laminated composites. We could...