TY - JOUR
T1 - A crack growth rate model with load history effects for mode I fatigue-driven delamination under multi-level block loading
AU - Jensen, S.M.
AU - Carreras, L.
AU - Bak, B.L.V.
AU - Lequesne, Cedric
AU - Lindgaard, E.
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - Load interaction effects in fatigue-driven delamination in fiber-reinforced polymer composites are neglected in state-of-the-art models although this assumption highly underestimates the delamination growth under variable amplitude (VA) loading. A new phenomenon called “transient delamination growth” has recently been observed in VA fatigue experiments by the authors. In the current work a new crack growth rate model with transient delamination growth capabilities is presented. The new model evaluates the crack growth rate by addition of a steady-state non-interaction term and a transient interaction term. The former term neglects load interaction effects and is characterized from constant amplitude loading tests, while the latter term includes load interaction effects and is characterized from two-level block loading tests. Fatigue tests are conducted on glass/epoxy DCB specimens by means of a new test fixture. The new crack growth rate model is able to accurately represent the crack growth rate at high-to-low load amplitude changes during multi-level block loading tests and reduces the error in delamination growth prediction by nearly 50% compared to non-interaction models.
AB - Load interaction effects in fatigue-driven delamination in fiber-reinforced polymer composites are neglected in state-of-the-art models although this assumption highly underestimates the delamination growth under variable amplitude (VA) loading. A new phenomenon called “transient delamination growth” has recently been observed in VA fatigue experiments by the authors. In the current work a new crack growth rate model with transient delamination growth capabilities is presented. The new model evaluates the crack growth rate by addition of a steady-state non-interaction term and a transient interaction term. The former term neglects load interaction effects and is characterized from constant amplitude loading tests, while the latter term includes load interaction effects and is characterized from two-level block loading tests. Fatigue tests are conducted on glass/epoxy DCB specimens by means of a new test fixture. The new crack growth rate model is able to accurately represent the crack growth rate at high-to-low load amplitude changes during multi-level block loading tests and reduces the error in delamination growth prediction by nearly 50% compared to non-interaction models.
KW - Crack growth rate model
KW - Energy release rate control
KW - Fatigue delamination
KW - Fiber reinforced polymer materials
KW - Variable amplitude loading
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149809396&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107595
DO - 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107595
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0142-1123
VL - 172
JO - International Journal of Fatigue
JF - International Journal of Fatigue
M1 - 107595
ER -