Measurement of the energy release rate of compressive failure in composites by combining infrared thermography and digital image correlation

The compressive behavior of composites after low velocity impact is one of the most important characteristics that should be taken into consideration when evaluating the damage tolerance of composite structures. In this paper, a novel experimental method combining infrared thermography and digital image correlation has been proposed to measure the energy release rate of composites under the compression-after-impact test. This method was chosen...