... by microscopical observations on the specimen edge. It was also shown that the fracture surfaces generated in static and fatigue DCB and MMB tests were similar. KEYWORDS: composite materials, interlaminar fracture toughness, fatigue, Mode I, Mode II, mixed-mode bend test, delamination, fractography, failure...

... studied here. composite shear test Iosipescu short beam double notch inclined experiment comparison evaluation fractography strain mapping References Neumeister , J. M. and Pålsson , A. C. , “ Inclined Double Notch Shear Test for Improved Interlaminar Shear Strength...

... exhibits greater ductilityat lower loading frequencies in laminates with and withoutthe interleaf. KEY WORDS: delamination, fatigue, frequency effects, interleaf, damage tolerance, durability, fractography Loading frequency was considered to have little effect on the fatigue life of metals. However, recent...

... induced by thermal shock damage had little influence on the fatigue strength of the FRS composites. KEYWORDS: composites, tungsten fiber, metal matrix, superalloys, Type 316 stainless steel, Incoloy 907, Waspaloy, fatigue, elevated temperatures, fractography, inert gas, thermal shock High-pressure...

... behavior. Crack closure was monitored throughout the tests using compliance measurements. Fractography was used to investigate the influence of temperature on the integrity of the aluminum to epoxy/fiber bond to try to identify the effects of fiber bridging. Some crack closure, in the traditional metallic...

... the stress map, using the maximum strain criterion~ K E Y W O R D S : composites, delamination, fractography, finite element analysis, failure analysis The three-point short-beam bending test (ASTM Test for Apparent Interlaminar Shear Strength of Parallel Fiber Composites by Short-Beam Method D 2344...

...: composites, interlaminar fracture, delamination, Mode III, fractography, toughness Laminates fabricated from advanced fiber-reinforced composite materials may" experience interlaminar out-of-plane stresses. The primary sources of these interlaminar stresses are, first, the anisotropic stiffness mismatch...