TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of ply dispersion on failure characteristics of multidirectional laminates
AU - Werner, B. T.
AU - Schaefer, J. D.
AU - Daniel, I. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper was sponsored by the Solid Mechanics Program of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). We are grateful to Dr. Y. D. S. Rajapakse of ONR for his encouragement and cooperation.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The influence of layer thickness and ply interdispersion was investigated on the failure characteristics of multidirectional laminates. The composite material investigated was a high strength carbon fiber composite with a toughened epoxy matrix (IM7/8552). The basic unidirectional material was fully characterized in a previous study under static and dynamic loading conditions. In this study the investigation was extended to angle-ply laminates with varying layer thickness while including the effects of residual stresses. Intralaminar and interlaminar failure mechanisms were observed and found to be strongly related to the layer thickness for the same layup. For thin layer thicknesses failure modes included fiber breaks resulting in higher ultimate strengths. For thicker layers consisting of multiple stacked parallel plies, more matrix dominated intralaminar and interlaminar failures were observed resulting in lower ultimate strengths. This trend reaches a lower limiting plateau as the layer thickness increases. Failure modes and ultimate strengths were further investigated as a function of strain rate. All results were evaluated by the recently developed Northwestern (NU) failure theory.
AB - The influence of layer thickness and ply interdispersion was investigated on the failure characteristics of multidirectional laminates. The composite material investigated was a high strength carbon fiber composite with a toughened epoxy matrix (IM7/8552). The basic unidirectional material was fully characterized in a previous study under static and dynamic loading conditions. In this study the investigation was extended to angle-ply laminates with varying layer thickness while including the effects of residual stresses. Intralaminar and interlaminar failure mechanisms were observed and found to be strongly related to the layer thickness for the same layup. For thin layer thicknesses failure modes included fiber breaks resulting in higher ultimate strengths. For thicker layers consisting of multiple stacked parallel plies, more matrix dominated intralaminar and interlaminar failures were observed resulting in lower ultimate strengths. This trend reaches a lower limiting plateau as the layer thickness increases. Failure modes and ultimate strengths were further investigated as a function of strain rate. All results were evaluated by the recently developed Northwestern (NU) failure theory.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-00873-8_17
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-00873-8_17
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84886808730
SN - 9783319008721
T3 - Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
SP - 149
EP - 155
BT - Experimental Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials - Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
T2 - 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Y2 - 3 June 2013 through 5 June 2013
ER -