The paper deals with numerical analysis of double cantilever beam (DCB) predefined to Mode I Interlaminar Fracture Tests of GRFP unidirectional laminates. The numerical analyses were performed in the ANSYS® program based on the finite element. In geometrically nonlinear analysis, two algorithms, responsible for initiation and propagation of delamination front, were applied: Virtual Crack Closure Technique (VCCT) and Cohesive zone method (CZM). Due to the unidirectional arrangement of layers of the laminate, the problem of DCB test was solved with the use of one- and three-dimensional models with the implementation of linear interface element and contact element. The present study highlights the limitations of existing formulae used to reliably reflect the behavior of DCB. The use of three-dimensional models allowed confirming the curved shape of the delamination front observed in experimental studies. The application of the VCCT in the three-dimensional model led to an underestimation of the global response (force–opening displacement curve) recorded during numerical DCB test.
The paper presents experimental tests of unidirectional double cantilever beams made of a glass fiber reinforced (GFRP) laminate. The critical value of the strain energy release rate (c-SERR or GIC), i.e., the mode I fracture toughness of the considered material was determined with three different methods: the compliance calibration method (CC), the modified compliance calibration method (MCC), and the corrected beam theory (CBT). Due to the common difficulties in precise definition of delamination initiation force, the Acoustic Emission (AE) technique was applied as an auxiliary source of data. The failure process was monitored, as well, in order to detect and identify different damage phenomena. This was achieved through a detailed analysis of the raw AE signal subjected to fast Fourier transformation (FFT). The frequency spectra revealed three dominating frequency bands with the basic one described by the average value of 63.1 kHz, revealing intensive delamination processes. This way, not only precise values of the critical SERR, but also the information on damage evolution during propagation of delamination, was obtained.
This paper presents an experimental evaluation of influence of the elastic couplings on the fracture toughness as well as on delamination initiation and propagation in carbon/epoxy composite laminates. For this purpose the mode I double cantilever beam (DCB) tests according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D5528 Standard were performed on specimens with different delamination interfaces and specific lay-ups composition exhibiting the bending-twisting (BT) and the bending-extension (BE) couplings. The critical strain energy release rates (mode I c-SERR, GIC) were calculated by using the classical methods, namely: the modified beam theory (MBT), the compliance calibration (CCM) and the modified compliance calibration (MCC). In order to evaluate an accuracy of the different methods, the values of c-SERR obtained by using standardized data reduction schemes were compared with values calculated by using the compliance based beam method (CBBM). All the methods give rise to comparable values of the GIC, which makes the CBBM an appealing choice, since it does not depend on crack length monitoring during the test. Initiation and propagation of delamination were investigated by using the acoustic emission (AE) technique. Moreover, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis were performed after the experimental tests in order to investigate a fracture surface at delamination plane.
This paper presents an experimental study of the composite beams with elastic couplings subjected to the end-notched flexure (ENF) test. The object of research were carbon/epoxy composite laminates with specific stacking sequences exhibiting the bending–extension and the bending–twisting couplings. In addition, multidirectional laminates with different delamination interfaces were tested. Influence of elastic coupling phenomena on behavior of laminates subjected to the bending moment as well as on fracture toughness and delamination surfaces after the ENF tests was discussed. All experiments were performed according to the ASTM D7905 Standard. Determination of crack initiation was supported by the acoustic emission technique. Data analysis of the ENF test was performed by using both the direct beam theory and the corrected beam theory. Results obtained by using the classical data reduction schemes were compared with the compliance-based beam method (CBBM). Greater values of the fracture toughness obtained by using the non-standardized methods can be explained by the effect of the fracture process zone which was taken into account in the CBBM calculation scheme. Delamination surfaces of coupled laminates after the ENF tests were investigated by using the scanning electron microscopy. Results revealed that the effect of elastic couplings might influenced on intense bridging phenomena, more extensive fracture process zone and contribution of the mode III in total delamination resistance. Nevertheless, application of the standardized ENF procedure to determination of the fracture toughness of laminates exhibiting elastic couplings is still possible, provided assistance of additional data reduction schemes and techniques or numerical analysis.
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