Characterising fibre compression fracture toughness of composites using bearing tests |
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| Authors: | Maajid Chishti Chun H. Wang Rodney S. Thomson Adrian C. Orifici |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Research Centre, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia;2. Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd., 506 Lorimer Street, Fishermans Bend, Victoria 3207, Australia;1. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL);1. DEMec, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal;2. INEGI, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 400, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal;3. ISVOUGA — Instituto Superior de entre Douro e Vouga, Rua António de Castro Corte Real, Apartado 132, 4520-181 Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal;4. CIDEM/ISEP — Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto — Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal;5. AIRBUS Operations GmbH, Kreetslag 10, 21129 Hamburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | In this paper we propose the use of a bearing test with a coupled experimental–numerical approach to characterise the critical strain energy release rate, or “fracture toughness”, for fibre compression failure in bearing. This property is used in continuum damage mechanics (CDM) approaches for progressive failure analysis of composite laminates. In the proposed approach, experimental results for a standard bearing test are used to calibrate the fracture toughness with a progressive failure analysis using a CDM damage model. The approach is demonstrated for a plain weave carbon/epoxy material using the CDM damage model available in a commercial finite element package (Abaqus). The results indicate that the bearing test method provides a simple and convenient means of quantifying fibre compression fracture toughness. Analysis results applying the characterised value show good comparison with experimental results, and confirm the value of the bearing test as part of a novel material characterisation technique. |
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