TY - JOUR

T1 - Comparing crack density and dissipated energy as measures for off-axis damage in composite laminates

AU - Drvoderic, Matthias

AU - Gfrerrer, Maria

AU - Wiener, Johannes

AU - Pinter, Gerald Gerhard

AU - Pletz, Martin

AU - Schuecker, Clara

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)

PY - 2023/4

Y1 - 2023/4

N2 - To investigate off-axis cracks in composite laminates and their effect on stiffness and hysteretic energy dissipation, fatigue tests were instrumented with automated crack detection to test damage onset and progression. It was found that the onset of stiffness loss correlates well with the onset of matrix cracks, but not with the dissipated energy. To study the transition between experimentally observed damage modes occurring at the micro-scale, the experimentally obtained dissipated energy was compared with Carraro’s model, which predicts this transition based on local stresses. The results show a correlation between the absolute level of dissipated energy and the micro-damage modes.

AB - To investigate off-axis cracks in composite laminates and their effect on stiffness and hysteretic energy dissipation, fatigue tests were instrumented with automated crack detection to test damage onset and progression. It was found that the onset of stiffness loss correlates well with the onset of matrix cracks, but not with the dissipated energy. To study the transition between experimentally observed damage modes occurring at the micro-scale, the experimentally obtained dissipated energy was compared with Carraro’s model, which predicts this transition based on local stresses. The results show a correlation between the absolute level of dissipated energy and the micro-damage modes.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107486

DO - 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107486

M3 - Article

VL - 169.2023

JO - International Journal of Fatigue

JF - International Journal of Fatigue

SN - 0142-1123

IS - April

M1 - 107486

ER -