Accurate simulation of delamination growth under mixed-mode loading using cohesive elements: Definition of interlaminar strengths and elastic stiffness

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1857-1864

  Turon, A ^a   Camanho, P P ^b   Costa, J ^a   Renart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cohesive elements; Cohesive zone model; Delamination; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COHESIVE ELEMENT; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; DELAMINATION FRACTURE; DELAMINATION GROWTH; DIFFERENT MODES; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; GLOBAL LOADS; INTERLAMINAR STRENGTH; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOCAL MODES; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MIXED-MODE LOADING; MODE RATIO;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STEEL SHEET; STIFFNESS;

DELAMINATION;

DELAMINATION; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH;

EID: 77950368310     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Rouchon J. Certification of large airplane composite structures, recent progress and new trends in compliance philosophy. In: ICAS proceedings 1990, 17th congress of the international council of the aeronautical sciences; 1990.
2. Tay T.E. Characterization and analysis of delamination fracture in composites: an overview of developments from 1990 to 2001. Appl Mech Rev 2003, 56(1):1-32.
3. Krueger R. The virtual crack closure technique: history, approach and applications, NASA/CR-2002-211628, 2002.
4. Mabson G. Fracture analysis for bondlines and interfaces of composite structures. In: 4th international conference on composites testing and model identification (Comptest2008). Dayton (OH): October 2008.
5. Alfano G., Crisfield M. Finite element interface models for the delamination analysis of laminated composites: mechanical and computational issues. Int J Numer Methods Eng 2001, 77(2):111-170.
6. Mi Y., Crisfield M., Davies G. Progressive delamination using interface elements. J Compos Mater 1999, 32:1246-1272.
7. Needleman A. A continuum model for void nucleation by inclusion debonding. J Appl Mech 1987, 54:525-532.
8. Goyal-Singhal V., Johnson E., Dávila C.G. Irreversible constitutive law for modeling the delamination process using interfacial surface discontinuities. Compos Struct 2004, 64:91-105.
9. Camanho P.P., Dávila C.G., de Moura M. Numerical simulation of mixed-mode progressive delamination in composite materials. J Compos Mater 2003, 37:1415-1438.
10. Turon A., Camanho P.P., Costa J., Dávila C.G. A damage model for the simulation of delamination in advanced composites under variable-mode loading. Mech Mater 2006, 38:1079-1089.
11. Turon A., Dávila C.G., Camanho P.P., Costa J. An engineering solution for mesh size effects in the simulation of delamination using cohesive zone models. Eng Fract Mech 2007, 74(10):1665-1682.
12. Tvergaard V., Hutchinson J. The relation between crack growth resistance and fracture process parameters in elastic-plastic solids. J Mech Phys Solids 1992, 40:1377-1397.
13. Xu X., Needleman A. Numerical simulations of fast crack growth in brittle solids. J Mech Phys Solids 1994, 42(9):1397-1434.
14. Cui W., Wisnom M. A combined stress-based and fracture-mechanics-based model for predicting delamination in composites. Composites 1993, 24:467-474.
15. Schellekens J., de Borst R. A nonlinear finite-element approach for the analysis of mode-i free edge delamination in composites. Int J Solids Struct 1993, 30(9):1239-1253.
16. Chen J., Crisfield M., Kinloch A., Busso E., Matthews F., Qiu Y. Predicting progressive delamination of composite material specimens via interface elements. Mech Compos Mater Struct 1999, 6:301-317.
17. Cid Alfaro MV., Suiker A.S.J., de Borst R., Remmers J.J.C. Analysis of fracture and delamination in laminates using 3D. Eng Fract Mech 2008, 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.09.002.
18. Jiang W.G., Hallett S.R., Green B.G., Wisnom M.R. A concise interface constitutive law for analysis of delamination and splitting in composite materials and its application to scaled notched tensile specimens. Int J Numer Methods Eng 2007, 69:1982-1995.
19. Dugdale D. Yielding of steel sheets containing slits. J Mech Phys Solids 1960, 8:100-104.
20. Barenblatt G. The mathematical theory of equilibrium cracks in brittle fracture. Adv Appl Mech 1962, 7:5-129.
21. Hillerborg A., Modéer M., Petersson P. Analysis of crack formation and crack growth in concrete by means of fracture mechanics and finite elements. Cem Concr Res 1976, 6:773-782.
22. Kachanov L.M. Time of the rupture process under creep conditions. IZV Akad Nauk - S.S.R. Od Tech Nauk 1958, 8.
23. Reddy E., Mello F., Guess T. Modeling the initiation and growth of delaminations in composite structures. J Compos Mater 1997, 31:812-831.
24. Turon A., Costa J., Camanho P.P., Dávila C.G. Simulation of delamination in composites under high-cycle fatigue. Compos Part A Appl Sci Manuf 2007, 38(11):2270-2282.
25. Benzeggagh M.L., Kenane M. Measurement of mixed-mode delamination fracture toughness of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites with mixed-mode bending apparatus. Compos Sci Technol 1996, 49:439-449.
26. ASTM D5528 - 01(2007)e2. Standard test method for mode I interlaminar fracture toughness of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites; 2007.
27. Crews, J.H., Reeder, J.R. A mixed-mode bending apparatus for delamination testing. NASA TM100662, 1998.
28. Reeder J.R., Crews J.H. Mixed-mode bending method for delamination testing. AIAA J 1990, 28:1270-1276.
29. Reeder JR, Crews JH. Nonlinear analysis and redesign of the mixed-mode bending delamination test. In: NASA TM 102777; 1991.
30. ABAQUS version 6.8: ABAQUS User's Manual. SIMULIA World Headquarters, 166 Valley Street, Providence, RI 02909, USA; 2008.
31. Blanco N., Turon A., Costa J. An exact solution for the determination of the mode mixture in the mixed-mode bending delamination test. Compos Sci Technol 2006, 66(10):1256-1258.
32. Sorensen B., Goutianos S., Jacobsen T. Strength scaling of adhesive joints in polymer-matrix composites. Int J Solids Struct 2008, 46(3-4):741-761.
33. Maimí P., Camanho P.P., Mayugo J.A., Dávila C.G. A continuum damage model for composite laminates: part I - constitutive model. Mech Mater 2007, 39(10):897-908.
34. Maimí P., Camanho P.P., Mayugo J.A., Dávila C.G. A continuum damage model for composite laminates: part II - computational implementation and validation. Mech Mater 2007, 39(10):909-919.
35. Elices M., Guinea G.V., Gómez J., Planas J. The cohesive zone model: advantages, limitations and challenges. Eng Fract Mech 2002, 69:137-163.
36. Planas J., Elices M., Guinea G.V., Gómez F.J., Cendón D.A., Arbilla I. Generalizations and specializations of cohesive crack models. Eng Fract Mech 2003, 70:1759-1776.
37. González E.V., Maimí P., Turon A., Camanho P.P., Renart J. Simulation of delamination by means of cohesive elements using an explicit finite element code. Comput Mater Continua 2009, 9(1):51-92.
38. ASTM D6671/D6671M - 06. Standard test method for mixed mode I-mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of unidirectional fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites.