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Computational Methods for Debonding in Composites

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134 X. Martínez et al.<br />

Fig. 6.5 Force–displacement<br />

graph obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>for</strong> the different<br />

models<br />

Load applied [N]<br />

2500<br />

2000<br />

1500<br />

1000<br />

500<br />

0<br />

0<br />

Experimental’<br />

Numerical 2D & 3D’<br />

-0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 -1.2<br />

Load po<strong>in</strong>t displacement [mm]<br />

Fig. 6.6 Damage <strong>in</strong> matrix material when the maximum deflection has been reached<br />

numerical beam is a 6% stiffer than the experimental one (the stiffness obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong><br />

each case is, respectively, 1,146 N/mm and 1,076 N/mm).<br />

The other result to be compared is the f<strong>in</strong>al crack length. The experimental values<br />

obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>for</strong> this f<strong>in</strong>al crack length <strong>for</strong> the sample be<strong>in</strong>g compared (3M101) is of<br />

50.34 mm, and the mean value of the crack length <strong>for</strong> all the GRIN006 serie is<br />

around 49.0 mm; this is, a bit less than half the beam.<br />

In the numerical simulation, the crack po<strong>in</strong>ts correspond to those <strong>in</strong> which the<br />

damage parameter, <strong>in</strong> matrix material, is equal to one. These po<strong>in</strong>ts have a matrix<br />

stiffness equal to zero. This implies that the composite serial stiffness is also zero,<br />

due to the iso–stress condition imposed by the Serial/Parallel mix<strong>in</strong>g theory. Those<br />

po<strong>in</strong>ts with matrix completely damaged cannot develop any shear strength. Hence,<br />

the f<strong>in</strong>al crack length can by obta<strong>in</strong>ed by f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g the po<strong>in</strong>t, closer to the beam<br />

mid–span, with a value of the damage parameter, <strong>in</strong> matrix material, equal to one.<br />

Figure 6.6 shows the damage parameter <strong>in</strong> matrix <strong>in</strong> the load step <strong>in</strong> which the beam<br />

reaches its maximum deflection. In this figure can be seen that the crack length<br />

obta<strong>in</strong>ed with the numerical simulation also nearly reaches the mid–span section.<br />

The exact value of the damage parameter is shown, <strong>for</strong> the po<strong>in</strong>ts represented <strong>in</strong><br />

Fig. 6.7a, <strong>in</strong> Fig. 6.7b. In this figure can be seen that po<strong>in</strong>t 13 (correspond<strong>in</strong>g to mid–<br />

span) reaches a damage value of 0.6, while the value of po<strong>in</strong>t 12 is approximately<br />

0.98. Consider<strong>in</strong>g this last value close enough to one and thus, the section completely<br />

broken, the numerical crack length obta<strong>in</strong>ed is of 48 mm. The po<strong>in</strong>t found at<br />

49 mm of the support has a damage value <strong>in</strong> matrix material of 0.89, which is also<br />

close enough to one to consider that the numerical results are exactly the same as<br />

the experimental ones.<br />

In this last figure is also represented the <strong>for</strong>ce–displacement graph (with the <strong>for</strong>ce<br />

value divided by 2,500 N, to fit <strong>in</strong>to the figure). It can be seen that the ma<strong>in</strong> crack<br />

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