Damage characterization and numerical simulation of shear experiment of plain woven glass-fiber reinforced composites based on 3D geometric reconstruction

The investigation on the effect of defects on the mechanical properties of composites is vital to explain the failure mechanism of materials. A computer tomography (CT) scanning in-situ shear test is designed to obtain u-CT images of plain weave glass-fiber reinforced composites. The images are then applied to reconstruct the samples by using image processing techniques. Damage evolution characterization of the plain weave glass-fiber composites...