Gradual failure in high-performance unidirectional thin-ply carbon/glass hybrid composites under bending

Study on Bending Damage of Intra-Ply Basalt/Nylon Hybrid Composites

Transverse compression failure of unidirectional composites

Y. Hu*, N.K. Kar andS.R. Nutt Gill Composites Center, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Abstract: The mechanical response of unidirectional composites subject to uniaxial transverse compressive loads was measured and analyzed by finite element simulation. Consistency in failure plane orientation was observed when...

Investigation of Mode I Delamination Resistance in Inter-ply and Intra-ply Hybrid Composites Reinforced with Basalt/Nylon Woven Fabrics

Due to their sensitivity to impact-induced delamination, woven fabric reinforced polymer composites have limited practical applications. Hybridization of polymer composites has been proposed as a solution to this problem. In this study, the effects of fiber reinforcement type, hybridization method, plies stacking sequence and loading rate on mode I delamination behavior of pure basalt, pure nyl...

Failure Behavior of Unidirectional Composites under Compression Loading: Effect of Fiber Waviness

The key objective of this work is to highlight the effect of manufacturing-induced fiber waviness defects on the compressive failure of glass fiber-reinforced unidirectional specimens. For this purpose, in-plane, through-thickness waviness defects (with different waviness severities) are induced during the manufacturing of the laminate. Numerical and experimental results show that the compressi...

On Bending Tests of Five - Ply

K-factor has Ions been used as a modifier of section modulus In the calculation of bending moment for plywood beams. No comparable modification of moment ot inertia is included In current reoommendatioDS for calculating plywood deflection at span-depth ratios of 30: 1 or greater. Results of limited testing lend support 'to the authors' contention that, where "shear" strains are signifIcant, the...