The material deficiencies in the form of pre-existing defects could be initiated cracks and fractures. The life time of materials may be associated with the size, shape, fiber orientation and loading type. thus, it is important to understand the fatig...
The material deficiencies in the form of pre-existing defects could be initiated cracks and fractures. The life time of materials may be associated with the size, shape, fiber orientation and loading type. thus, it is important to understand the fatigue crack initiation, growth behavior and delamination in the notches under complex stress field. But, when defects are located close to notches in composite material such as FRMLs(Fiber Reinforced Metal Laminates) which used in aerospace etc., these factors were not considered and not performed yet.
Therefore, the knowledge of fatigue crack initiation, propagation behavior and delamination mechanism from such interacting defects in FRMLs becomes a main concern of engineers engaged in fatigue life assessment.
The objective of this study is to investigate th effect of fiber orientation in GLARE(GLAss REinforced Aluminum Laminates(Al/GFRP)). GLARE consist of Al alloy sheets and glass fiber/epoxy layer. Defects were defined with stacking sequence of fiber to solve easily about the problem in this study. The fatigue test was performed using a Tension testing machine(MTS810). The fatigue crack propagation and delamination behavior near notches on the relationships between da/dN and K were considered. Analysis of notch effect and stress distribution under the tension using the Average Stress Criterion (ASC) model. The delamination shape produced between aluminum alloy sheets and fiber-adhesive layer was measured by SAM(Scanning Acoustic Microscope) This is SAM images taken around the fatigue crack. thus, it was to evaluate the delamination behavior in GLARE using delamination area(AD).
The test results showed the different fatigue crack propagation behavior and the different growing delamination features according to fiber orientation under loading pattern(bending, tension) in the GLARE.