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Computational Methods for Debonding in Composites

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138 X. Martínez et al.<br />

Fig. 6.11 F<strong>in</strong>ite elements and<br />

gauss po<strong>in</strong>ts found around the<br />

gap opened by the <strong>in</strong>sert <strong>in</strong><br />

the beam<br />

Load applied [N]<br />

2500<br />

2000<br />

1500<br />

1000<br />

500<br />

0<br />

0<br />

Delam-2D g20’<br />

Delam-2D g50’<br />

Delam-2D g80’<br />

2300<br />

2200<br />

2100<br />

2000<br />

1900<br />

1800<br />

1700<br />

1600<br />

1500<br />

1400<br />

-0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 -1.2 -1.4<br />

-1<br />

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

-1.05<br />

-1.1<br />

(a) (b)<br />

Load applied [N]<br />

’Delam-2D g20’<br />

’Delam-2D g50’<br />

’Delam-2D g80’<br />

-1.15<br />

-1.2<br />

-1.25<br />

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

Fig. 6.12 Force–displacement graph obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>for</strong> three different gap size models. General view<br />

and detail of the crack propagation zone<br />

is displayed <strong>in</strong> Fig. 6.12a, and a detail of this same graph <strong>in</strong> 6.12b. This figure shows<br />

that the results are practically the same <strong>for</strong> all cases and that only few differences<br />

are found <strong>in</strong> the crack propagation zone. This agreement among the different models<br />

allows consider<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>for</strong>mulation def<strong>in</strong>ed, and the fracture length considered,<br />

correct.<br />

6.4 Conclusions<br />

The current work has shown that the Serial/Parallel mix<strong>in</strong>g theory is able to simulate<br />

a delam<strong>in</strong>ation process by us<strong>in</strong>g the appropriate constitutive equations to predict the<br />

material behaviour of the composite components. No other help or <strong>for</strong>mulation is<br />

needed. This affirmation has been proved with the simulation of the End Notch Flexure<br />

(ENF) test. The results obta<strong>in</strong>ed with the numerical simulation are practically<br />

identical to the results obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the experimental tests.<br />

The structural behaviour of the materials, obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the numerical simulation,<br />

shows that the delam<strong>in</strong>ation phenomenon occurs as a result of the lost of<br />

stiffness <strong>in</strong> matrix material due to the damage produced by the shear stresses <strong>in</strong><br />

it. This lost of stiffness <strong>in</strong> matrix material implies that no other component material<br />

can develop serial stresses, due to the iso–stress condition of the Serial/Parallel<br />

mix<strong>in</strong>g theory <strong>in</strong> the serial direction. This is translated <strong>in</strong> a lost of stiffness of the<br />

composite <strong>in</strong> all serial directions. In the case considered, the serial directions are all<br />

-1.3

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