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Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis: Applications of Advanced Imaging and Simulation Methods in Analysing Delamination Fracture in Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials by Keiran Ball
Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2769

ReadMe Author: Keiran Ball, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0003-2628-0891

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: Applications of Advanced Imaging and Simulation Methods in Analysing Delamination Fracture in Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: [2023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA

All data is contained in .csv format so is accessible without any specific software. However, to get the most out of the data it should be viewed using Excel, Matlab, or Python.

Raw DCB data:
This was collected by hand during the DCB tests. The thickness and width of each sample has been recorded which is crucial for determining the strain energy release rate. Furthermore, the precrack length, visible onset of crack growth
and date the experiment was carried out is also incuded. The force, displacement and cracks length were recorded according to ASTM D5528. These were recorded alongside the force displacement data from the instron machine.

Force vs Displacement Data:
The continuous force displacement data recorded during the DCB experiments. The data starts at a crack opening displacement of 4 mm, due to the stirrup opening method used as described in the thesis that this material supports.
This can be used with the previous raw data the calculate each material system R-curve as shown in Appendix a of the thesis.

R-Curve Data Averaged:
This is the average R-curve data across all the specimens within a given material system. This was used to plot the R-curve data with confidence intervals shown in Chapter 3 of the thesis.

Note, this is the raw data and may have a different numbering system to the data shown in the thesis, this translates as follows:
Mat 1 (raw) = Mat 1 (Thesis)
Mat 10 (raw) = Mat 2 (Thesis)
Mat 5 (raw) = Mat 3 (Thesis)
Mat 9 (raw) = Mat 4 (Thesis)
Mat 7 (raw) = Mat 5 (Thesis)
Mat 4 (raw) = Mat 6 (Thesis)

This dataset contains:

Raw DCB data
Force vs Displacement Data
R-Curve Data Averaged

Date of data collection: 2021 - 2022

Information about geographic location of data collection: Experiments were conducted using the Instron E electromechanical tensile testing machine in the TSRL, University of Southampton.

Licence:
Creative Commons

Related projects/Funders:
CDT SIS funded project EP/L01582X/1

Date that the file was created: September, 2023

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