Damage and Failure of Thermoplastic Laminates with Layer-Like and Bundle-Like Fiber Clusters

Author

A. Yudhanto, Missouri University of Science and TechnlogyFollow
G. Lubineau
D. A. Pulungan
H. Wafai
W. Schijve
N. Verghese

Abstract

We study the effect of fiber spatial distributions on damage and failure of thermoplastic laminates (glass/polypropylene, GF/PP). Tensile test on unidirectional laminates of [0]4 and [90]8 was performed to obtain the mechanical properties, and to observe the failure of GF/PP. To study the property degradation, load/unload tests on cross-ply laminates of [0/90n]s with different variations of n were carried out. We also propose a micromechanical framework to simulate the effect of layer-like and bundle-like clusters on the global stress-strain response of unidirectional laminate.

Recommended Citation

A. Yudhanto et al., "Damage and Failure of Thermoplastic Laminates with Layer-Like and Bundle-Like Fiber Clusters," Iccm International Conferences on Composite Materials, International Committee on Composite Materials (ICCM), Jan 2015.

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Debonding; Thermoplastic composite; Transverse crack

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

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Publication Date

01 Jan 2015