Translaminar fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth characterization of carbon‐epoxy plain weave laminates

An experimental investigation of mode‐I translaminar fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth behavior of a carbon fiber‐epoxy plain weave laminate manufactured by resin infusion under flexible tooling (RIFT) is presented in this article. Pre‐cracked compact tension (CT) specimens were used to perform both quasi‐static and fatigue tests. Different data reduction techniques for fracture toughness calculation were used and compared with each...