ISSN: 0884-6804
CODEN: JCTRER
Page Count: 4

Delamination Growth in a Laminate with a Postbuckled Edge Delamination
Whitcomb, JD
Associate professor, Texas A&M University, TX

Abstract

Although there have been numerous studies of edge delamination growth as a result of tensile loads, edge delamination growth as a result of compressive loads that cause local buckling has not been addressed. This paper discusses the potential for delamination growth in terms of calculated strain-energy release rates. These predictions are compared qualitatively with experimental results.

Keywords:
laminates, edge delamination, finite element analysis, fracture mechanics, strain-energy release rates, local buckling, compression

Paper ID: CTR10223J
DOI: 10.1520/CTR10223J
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