Failure mechanisms of cross-ply carbon fiber reinforced polymer laminates under longitudinal compression with experimental and computational analyses

Sun, Qingping; Zhou, Guowei; Guo, Haiding; Meng, Zhaoxu; Chen, Zhangxing; Liu, Haolong; Kang, Hongtae; Su, Xuming

doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.12.041

Failure mechanisms of cross-ply carbon fiber reinforced polymer laminates under longitudinal compression with experimental and computational analyses

Journal Article · Tue Dec 11 23:00:00 EST 2018 · Composites Part B: Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.12.041· OSTI ID:1504747

Sun, Qingping ^[1]; Zhou, Guowei ^[2]; Guo, Haiding ^[3]; ^[4]; Chen, Zhangxing ^[5]; Liu, Haolong ^[3]; Kang, Hongtae ^[6]; Su, Xuming ^[7]

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China); Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (United States); Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (United States)
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Chongqing University (China)
Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, MI (United States)
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (United States)

Here, this study investigates the failure mechanisms of cross-ply laminates subjected to longitudinal compressive loading. A sequence of failure initiation and propagation process is observed based on optical microscopy images of failed specimens. Specifically, the failure process in the cross-ply laminates involves a combination of four failure mechanisms: fiber kinking, delamination, matrix cracking, and fiber/matrix splitting. We find that the kink-bands in the middle 0° plies of the cross-ply laminates most often show a wedge shape and the angle of matrix cracks in the 90° plies is slightly larger than that of pure 90° plies. The reason has been attributed to the constraining effects by the adjacent plies. The next focus of this study is to propose hybrid micro-macro models to more systematically study the failure mechanisms of the cross-ply laminates. We show that these models accurately predict the combined failure modes of the cross-ply laminates and enable us to closely investigate the interactions of different failure mechanisms. More importantly, the hybrid models achieve great computational efficiency compared to full-scale microstructural models. Finally, the combined experimental and computational analyses presented here provide a new level of understanding of the kink-band morphology and damage mechanisms in the cross-ply laminates.

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Research Organization:: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0006867

OSTI ID:: 1504747

Journal Information:: Composites Part B: Engineering, Journal Name: Composites Part B: Engineering Journal Issue: C Vol. 167; ISSN 1359-8368

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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