Print Email Facebook Twitter Fibre bridging effect on the Paris relation for mode I fatigue delamination growth in composites with consideration of interface configuration Title Fibre bridging effect on the Paris relation for mode I fatigue delamination growth in composites with consideration of interface configuration Author Yao, L. (Harbin Institute of Technology) Sun, Y. (Harbin Institute of Technology) Alderliesten, R.C. (TU Delft Structural Integrity & Composites) Benedictus, R. (TU Delft Aerospace Structures & Materials) Zhao, M (Northwestern Polytechnical University) Department Aerospace Structures & Materials Date 2017 Abstract Fibre bridging can significantly enhance delamination resistance making the use of a single Paris resistance curve to determine fatigue crack growth insufficient. An empirical Paris-type relation has been developed in a previous study to take fibre bridging into account in fatigue delamination growth. This relation was developed by correlating the Paris constants C and n to the amount of fibre bridging. This paper provides a further investigation on the interface configuration effect on fatigue delamination growth, illustrating the significance of fibre bridging. The results demonstrated that more bridging fibres can be generated in a multidirectional interface, making both log(C) and n significantly depend on fibre bridging. Thus, the method proposed in the previous study is further extended to take into account of the interface configuration effect. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6d2e8e01-3b48-478c-8199-590cd8f323a8 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.09.082 Embargo date 2019-01-01 ISSN 0263-8223 Source Composite Structures, 159, 471-478 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 L. Yao, Y. Sun, R.C. Alderliesten, R. Benedictus, M Zhao Files PDF Accepted_Manuscript_01.pdf 814.6 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6d2e8e01-3b48-478c-8199-590cd8f323a8/datastream/OBJ/view