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Project

Toughness assessment and micro-to-macro correlation of fracture processes in composite materials using a versatile embedded multiscale-model
Code
01N03818
Duration
01 January 2018 → 31 December 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Design theories and methods
    • Mechanics
    • Other mechanical and manufacturing engineering
    • Composites and hybrid materials
Keywords
composite materials multiscale modelling delamination crack propagation toughness strain-rate dependency
 
Project description
 

In many applications metals are substituted by fibre-reinforced polymer composite laminates that are composed by layers. Type and sequence of fracture modes between and inside layers are neither well understood nor correlated to fracture toughness due to experimental difficulties associated with testing in multidirectional laminates. A combined computational-experimental framework linking directly microscale fracture to toughness measurements for composite laminates is proposed.