Transverse cracking and delamination in cross-ply gr/ep composites under dry, saturated and immersed fatigue
by Selvarathinam, Alex S.; Weitsman, Y. Jack
Motivated by experimental observations, the finite element method is employed to model the competition between the transverse cracking and delamination modes of failure that occur in cross-ply AS4/3501-6 gr/ep coupons subjected to fatigue. The results explain the extensive delaminations and reduced crack densities that arise under immersed fatigue, as compared with fatigue in air.
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007572318272
Print publication date: 5/1/1998
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