The fracture behaviour of single edge notched unidirectional glass fibre reinforced epoxy resin composites under tensile loading was investigated. Loadelongation curves were obtained for crack length varying from 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12mm and different fibre volume fractions of 0.48, 0.502 and 0.525. The
The effect of shallow cracks on crack tip opening displacement
β Scribed by G. Matsoukas; B. Cotterell; Y.-W. Mai
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 441 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-7944
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β¦ Synopsis
Further resuhs given in the present paper confnm that shallow cracks have larger crack tip opening disp~a~en~ at initiation than deep cracks. This difference in behaviour is shown to be principally caused by the different hydrostatic stresses existing at the tips of shallow and deep cracks. A new method based on lateral crack growth across the thickness is used in this work to measure crack tip opening displacements in specimens containing machined slots rather than fatigue pre-cracks. Justification and advantages of this method are discussed and compared to the conventional technique.
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