On the Damage Evolution and the Mechanical Degradation of Glass‐Fibre Non‐Crimp Fabric Reinforced Epoxy Under Tensile Loading: Experimental and Finite Element Modelling
Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures
ISSN: 1573-6105
Article publication date: 1 January 2006
Abstract
The stiffness and damage evolution in a quasi‐static tensile loaded non‐crimp fabric reinforced epoxy was measured. To determine the effective stiffness of the damaged material numerically a finite element analysis was performed. The finite element analysis bases solely on the measured ±45° and 90°‐ crack densities and on ply properties calculated by the Rule of Mixtures. The measured and calculated effective tensile stiffness were compared and a fair agreement could be found.
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Citation
Gagel, A., M¨ller, C. and Schulte, K. (2006), "On the Damage Evolution and the Mechanical Degradation of Glass‐Fibre Non‐Crimp Fabric Reinforced Epoxy Under Tensile Loading: Experimental and Finite Element Modelling", Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1163/157361106775249961
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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