Print Email Facebook Twitter Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth and Damage Directionality in Non-Conventional Fibre Metal Laminates Title Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth and Damage Directionality in Non-Conventional Fibre Metal Laminates Author van Maris, Rutger (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering; TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites) Contributor Alderliesten, R.C. (mentor) Sinke, J. (graduation committee) Chen, B. Y. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Aerospace Engineering Date 2019-07-19 Abstract This thesis presents a model that is able to predict fatigue crack growth and damage directionality in non-conventional Fibre Metal Laminates (FMLs) in CentreCracked Tension (CCT) specimens. Non-conventional FMLs encompass all FMLs other than standardised ones such as GLARE. FMLs can be made non-conventional by using multiple fibre types, any fibre orientation, multiple alloy types or thicknesses, or a combination thereof. These characteristics provide much more tailorability than standardised FMLs and thereby extend the applicability of FMLs to, for example, door corner reinforcements and wing structures. Contrary to standardised FMLs, the damage in non-conventional FMLs is non-uniform, necessitating the ability to compute the crack growth rate in the metal layers and the delamination at the metal-fibre interfaces separately. Subject FMLFatigueCrack growthFibre Metal Laminates To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4d8281a5-42f5-4098-871a-cfd9346d4618 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2019 Rutger van Maris Files PDF Thesis.pdf 13.72 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4d8281a5-42f5-4098-871a-cfd9346d4618/datastream/OBJ/view