The influence of hole size in static strength and fatigue for CFRP composite materials
- National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Power Mechanical Engineering
The influence of hole size in static strength and fatigue property will be investigated. Carbon/Epoxy laminate is selected as testing materials which are widely used in aircraft industry. The arrangement of fiber orientation is [0{sup 0}/+45{sup 0}/{minus}45{sup 0}/90{sup 0}]{sub 2s}. The basic mechanical properties of smooth and notched specimens were detected. The strength of notched specimens are applied to compare with Whitney-Nuismer stress criterion. For average stress criteria, the theoretical value is in good agreement with experimental data for the parameter a{sub 0} is chosen 1.5 mm. For point stress criteria, the best choice of parameter do is 2.4 mm, but the agreement of experimental data is poorer than the average stress one. The characteristic curve of tension-tension fatigue for smooth and notched laminate were investigated. The notched specimens has a 1 mm diameter circular hole at the center, the stress ratio of fatigue test is 0.1. It is obvious that the data distribution of smooth specimens is more scatter than notched specimens. On the other hand, the reduction of modulus during fatigue process was inspected. After fatigue damage, the influence of hole size on residual strength for a quasi-isotropic laminate was investigated. It is found that residual strength of damaged specimens are higher than undamaged one in some fatigue damage range. When the maximum applied load of fatigue test is chosen 90 percent of static strength, it is seen that the influence is obviously in residual strength. The increment of strength decreases with hole size increasing. When the maximum applied load of fatigue test is chosen 80 percent of static strength, the influence is less than the previous case. The Whitney-Nuismer Average Stress Criteria is extended to predict the residual strength after fatigue. A good prediction can be shown by using the extended criteria.
- OSTI ID:
- 143603
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930246--; ISBN 0-87339-251-5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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