Modelling delamination migration in angle-ply laminates
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Author(s)
Chen, BY
Tay, TE
Pinho, ST
Tan, VBC
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper presents a numerical study of the delamination migration in angle-ply laminates observed in experiments reported in the literature, where the delamination originally propagates along the lower, 0∘/60∘ interface and later migrates onto the upper, 60∘/0∘ interface. The recently-developed Floating Node Method (FNM) is used for modelling this problem. The initiation and propagation of both delamination and matrix cracks are modelled within the FNM elements. Experimentally-observed phenomena such as the numerous kinking attempts and the multiple onset locations of migration are successfully predicted. The effect of load offset on the locations of migration is captured. In addition, this work tries to shed light on the proper use of standard cohesive elements in cases where delamination migration is expected.
Date Issued
2017-02-16
Date Acceptance
2017-02-11
Citation
Composites Science and Technology, 2017, 142, pp.145-155
ISSN
0266-3538
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
145
End Page
155
Journal / Book Title
Composites Science and Technology
Volume
142
Copyright Statement
© 2017, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Composites
Materials Science
Delamination migration
Computational modelling
Cohesive element
Floating node method
FINITE-ELEMENT-METHOD
COHESIVE-ZONE MODELS
FLOATING NODE METHOD
SUBSEQUENT MIGRATION
CRACK INITIATION
BRITTLE-FRACTURE
MESHFREE METHOD
SIMULATION
GROWTH
COMPOSITES
Materials
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published