Damage and Fracture of Composite Materials and Structures

Book Preface

This book compiles recent advances in research and development in the area of damage and fracture of composite materials and structures. Majority of these chapters have been presented and discussed at the Special Session on Damage and Fracture of Composite Materials and Structures of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting (ACE-X), held during 8–10 July, 2010 in Paris, France. Invited chapters on selected topics are included. The scope of the book covers experimental, analytical and computational aspects of the mechanics of fibrous composites. The chapters report on updates related to testing of composite samples for determination of mechanical properties, discussion on the observed failure mechanisms and numerical modeling of deformation response of the composites to loading. Behavior of fibrous composites, sandwich structures and fiber-metal laminates to impact and blast loading are discussed. Response of composite structures under both static and dynamic loading is described.

Each chapter is written as a self-contained report on recent research works of the respective authors. However, many issues related to damage and fracture of the composite are common. These include dominant fracture mechanisms, damagebased models and simulation approaches. The book is suitable not only for research, but also for advanced reference and applications.

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
M. N. Tamin
Mode-I Crack Control by SMA Fiber with
a Special Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
M. Jin and S. H. Chen
Micromechanical Analysis of Mode I Crack Growth
in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Daniel Trias and Pere Maimí
Modeling of Spalling Effect on Toughening in Fiber
Reinforced Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
C. Wang, N. F. Piaceski and K. M. Soares
Evolution Characteristics of Delamination Damage
in CFRP Composites Under Transverse Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
S. S. R. Koloor, A. Abdul-Latif, X. J. Gong and M. N. Tamin
Indentation of Sandwich Beams with Functionally Graded Skins
and Transversely Flexible Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Y. Mohammadi and S. M. R. Khalili
Micromechanical Fibre-Recruitment Model of Liquid Crystalline
Polymer Reinforcing Polycarbonate Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
K. L. Goh and L. P. Tan
Moisture Absorption Effects on the Resistance to Interlaminar
Fracture of Woven Glass/Epoxy Composite Laminates . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
X. J. Gong, K. J. Wong and M. N. Tamin
The Study of Response of High Performance Fiber-Reinforced
Composites to Impact Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
O. Saligheh, R. Eslami Farsani, R. Khajavi and M. Forouharshad
Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
C. Rubio-González, J. Wang, J. Martinez and H. Kaur
Impact Study on Aircraft Type Laminate Composite Plate;
Experimental, Failure Criteria and Element Model Review . . . . . . . . 157
Y. Aminanda
The Blast Response of Sandwich Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
M. Yazid Yahya, W. J. Cantwell, G. S. Langdon and G. N. Nurick
The High Velocity Impact Response of Self-Reinforced
Polypropylene Fibre Metal Laminates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219