The laminate is essentially bonded together to form the individual laminate by the matrix, any delamination of the laminate must be initiated from a matrix failure. Based on this viewpoint, the initiation of laminate delamination was predicted through analyzing the stresses of the matrix. A three-dimensional finite element method is used to calculate the stress field of a symmetrically laminated plate under an axial load. A convergence study was performed and an average stress method was proposed to solve the singularity problem. Then the internal stresses in the fiber and matrix were determined in terms of the bridging micromechanics model. Finally, a Mohr criterion was used to detect the failure of matrix. T800/914 angle-plied laminates were considered. The results show that this approach is able to correlate reasonably with the available experimental data.
Assessing delamination initiation of laminates based on bridging model
2019
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