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Scholars Journal of Engineering and Technology | Volume-1 | Issue-01
Fracture Properties of Glass Fiber Composite Laminates and Size Effect
Y. Mohammed, Mohamed K. Hassan, Abu El-Ainin H, A. M. Hashem
Published: Jan. 25, 2013 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjet
Pages: 13-26
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Abstract
The fracture properties like fracture toughness and nominal strength of glass fiber reinforced epoxy laminates
are very important especially when using cohesive zone model. Compact tension specimen test for [0, 90]2sand center
cracked specimen tension test for Quasi-isotropic laminates [0/45/90]2s and [0/45/90/-45]sare carried out. The open hole
tension test is performed on a matrix of specimen of various diameters (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mm) keeping the hole diameter
to width (d/w) equal 1/6. The fracture toughness of cross ply laminates is measured as 51.98 Kj/m2whereas, for Quasiisotropic laminates [0/45/90] 2s and [0/45/90/-45]s are 32.98 and 31.5 KJ/m2 respectively. A strength reduction of 32 % is
observed with increasing the hole diameter from 2 mm to 10 mm, while this percentage was decreasing by inserting an
angle ply as 26 % for [0/45/90]2sand 14 % for [0/45/90/-45]s. Delamination are observed with thickness increasing for
un-notched specimens. Fiber orientation affects deeply the laminates carrying capacity