Interfacial crack arrest in sandwich panels with embedded crack stoppers subjected to fatigue loading
Interfacial crack arrest in sandwich panels with embedded crack stoppers subjected to fatigue loading
A novel crack arresting device has been implemented in sandwich panels and tested using a special rig to apply out-of-plane loading on the sandwich panel face-sheets. Fatigue crack propagation was induced in the face-core interface of the sandwich panels which met the crack arrester. The effect of the embedded crack arresters was evaluated in terms of the achieved enhancement of the damage tolerance of the tested
sandwich panels. A finite element (FE) model of the experimental setup was used for predicting propagation rates and direction of the crack growth. The FE simulation was based on the adoption of linear fracture mechanics and a fatigue propagation law (i.e. Paris law) to predict the residual fatigue life-time and behaviour of the test specimens. Finally, a comparison between the experimental results and the numerical simulations was made to validate the numerical predictions as well as the overall performance of the crack arresters.
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Martakos, G.
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Andreasen, C.
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Berggreen, C.
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Thomsen, O.
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Martakos, G.
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Andreasen, C.
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Berggreen, C.
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Thomsen, O.
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Martakos, G., Andreasen, C., Berggreen, C. and Thomsen, O.
(2016)
Interfacial crack arrest in sandwich panels with embedded crack stoppers subjected to fatigue loading.
Applied Composite Materials, .
(doi:10.1007/s10443-016-9514-3).
Abstract
A novel crack arresting device has been implemented in sandwich panels and tested using a special rig to apply out-of-plane loading on the sandwich panel face-sheets. Fatigue crack propagation was induced in the face-core interface of the sandwich panels which met the crack arrester. The effect of the embedded crack arresters was evaluated in terms of the achieved enhancement of the damage tolerance of the tested
sandwich panels. A finite element (FE) model of the experimental setup was used for predicting propagation rates and direction of the crack growth. The FE simulation was based on the adoption of linear fracture mechanics and a fatigue propagation law (i.e. Paris law) to predict the residual fatigue life-time and behaviour of the test specimens. Finally, a comparison between the experimental results and the numerical simulations was made to validate the numerical predictions as well as the overall performance of the crack arresters.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 June 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 August 2016
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Funded by Danish Council for Independent Research: Enhanced Performance of Sandwich Structures by Improved Damage Tolerance (10082020)
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Local EPrints ID: 398343
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/398343
ISSN: 0929-189X
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