Explaining the multiple energy thresholds for damage mechanisms activation in laminate composites under cyclic loadings

Journal article (2023)

Authors

Roberto Ferreira Motta São Paulo State University
R.C. Alderliesten Structural Integrity & Composites - Aerospace Engineering
D. Zarouchas Structural Integrity & Composites - Aerospace Engineering
Marcos Yutaka Shiino São Paulo State University
Maria Odila Hilario Cioffi São Paulo State University
Herman Jacobus Cornelis Voorwald São Paulo State University
Research Group
Structural Integrity & Composites (Aerospace Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2023 Roberto Ferreira Motta, R.C. Alderliesten, D. Zarouchas, Marcos Yutaka Shiino, Maria Odila Hilario Cioffi, Herman Jacobus Cornelis Voorwald
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107451
Fracture mechanics Fractography Laminates Stress ratio
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Published Date

2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Department

Aerospace Structures & Materials

Research Group

Structural Integrity & Composites

Abstract

After half a century of developing fatigue delamination prediction models, where accuracy seems more important than physical understanding, this research aims to merge both aspects. To that aim, strain energy release (SER) within the fatigue load cycle was studied using acoustic emission. The correlation between the measured strain energy release and the acoustic emission energy was formulated through a conversion factor to convert one into the other. The strain energy release distribution within the loading cycle indicated that different damage mechanisms are activated in different increments of the load cycle associated with different energy thresholds. The presence of multiple energy thresholds indicated that the application of different loading cycles results in distinct resistances to damage propagation (dU/dA) depending on which energy threshold is crossed.