Characterization of fatigue delamination growth under mode I and II: Effects of load ratio and load history

The study of fatigue delamination growth in composite materials aims to develop a slow-growth approach for composite materials that would provide conservative and reliable results. The present work focuses on the study of the load ratio effect on fatigue crack growth at constant amplitude and on the effect of variable amplitude loading on crack propagation. With this in mind, a Crack Driving Force (CDF) is chosen to attempt to overlap...