In drilling of composite laminates, it is important to minimize or reduce occurrences of delaminations. In particular, a peel-up delamination at entrance and push-out delamination at exit are common. Delaminations may be avoided by regulating the drill thrust force can be controlled by adjusting the feedrate of the drill. Dynamics involved in drilling of composite laminates is time varying and ...

Microcracking in composite laminates is a known precursor to the growth of inter-ply delaminations and larger scale damage. Microcracking can lead to the attenuation of ultrasonic waves due to the crack-induced scattering. 3D elastodynamic finite integration technique (EFIT) has been implemented to explore the scattering of ultrasonic waves due to microcracks in anisotropic composite laminates....

Theoretical approaches based on bridged-crack models and plate/beam theory have proved to be effective in the modeling of Mode I and Mode II delaminations in composite laminates reinforced through the thickness. This paper deals with some aspects of the modeling of Mixed Mode delaminations. Two typical mixed mode problems are considered: the curved beam in bending (C specimen) and the Mixed-Mod...