Influence of curing processes on the development of fiber bridging during delamination in composite laminates

Fiber bridging can significantly influence the interlaminar toughness of laminated composites. However, very little is known about to what extent it depends on the processing conditions. In this paper, we performed a back-bonded double cantilever beam (BB-DCB) test to study the curing process influence on the development of fiber bridging for composite laminates with various thicknesses. The BB-DCB sample included a middle core plate and two...