Strain-Energy Release Rate Analysis of Plates with Postbuckled Delaminations
Whitcomb, John, D.; Shivakumar, K.N.; Whitcomb, John, D., NASA Langley Research Center Mail Stop 188E Hampton, VA 23665-5225; Shivakumar, K.N., Analytical Services and Materials, Inc. NASA Langley Research Center Mail Stop 188E Hampton, VA 23665-5225
Журнал:
Journal of Composite Materials
Дата:
1989
Аннотация:
Delamination growth due to local buckling of a delamination was studied. Delamination growth was assumed to be related to the total strain-energy release rate, G. In order to calculate the distribution of G along the delamination front, a virtual crack closure technique was developed which is suitable for use with plate analysis. A check of the technique indicated that it is accurate. For square and rectangular delaminations, there is a large variation of G along the delamination front. Hence, self-similar growth is not ex pected. Whether a delamination grows in the load direction or perpendicular to the load direction was found to depend on the current delamination aspect ratio, the strain level, and the absolute size of the delamination.
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