Fatigue delamination behaviour of unidirectional carbon fibre/epoxy laminates reinforced by Z-Fiber® pinnin
| dc.contributor.author | Cartié, Denis D. R. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Laffaille, J-M | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Partridge, Ivana K. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Brunner, A. J. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-29T17:19:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-29T17:19:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | -Pin reinforced carbon-fibre epoxy laminates were tested under Mode I and Mode II conditions, both quasi-statically and in fatigue. Test procedures were adapted from existing standard or pre-standard tests. Samples containing 2% and 4% areal densities of carbon-fibre Z-pins (0.28mm diameter) were compared with unpinned laminates. Quasi-static tests under displacement control yielded a dramatic increase of the apparent delamination resistance. Specimens with 2% pin density failed in Mode I at loads 170N, equivalent to an apparent GIC of 2kJ/m2. Fatigue testing under load control showed that the presence of the through- thickness reinforcement slowed down fatigue delamination propagation. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0013-7944 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.07.018 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5642 | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. | en_UK |
| dc.title | Fatigue delamination behaviour of unidirectional carbon fibre/epoxy laminates reinforced by Z-Fiber® pinnin | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | - |