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Title: Low-cycle and high-cycle fatigue failure process characterization of CFRP cross-ply laminates

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OSTI ID:89878
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
  2. Science University of Tokyo, Chiba (Japan). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Damage progress in toughened-type CFRP cross-ply laminates under tensile fatigue loading was measured by the replica technique. The damage parameters, the transverse crack density and the delamination ratio, were presented. Based on above data, simple shear-lag analysis combined with the modified Paris law model was conducted to model the damage progress. In addition, a novel power-law model was proposed, which related the cyclic strain range and the number of cycles. The loading-unloading tests were also performed to obtain the Young`s modulus reduction and the permanent strain as functions of the damage state. The shear-lag predictions of the Young`s modulus reduction and the permanent strain showed good agreement with the experimental data, when the interaction between transverse cracking and delamination were taken into account.

OSTI ID:
89878
Report Number(s):
CONF-9409291-; ISBN 1-56676-220-0; TRN: IM9536%%308
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9. technical conference of the American Society for Composites, Newark, DE (United States), 20-22 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Society for Composites: Ninth technical conference; PB: 1319 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English