Damage Characteristics Near Crack Tip for a Particulate Composite

Abstract

Nondestructive acoustic imaging experiments and three dimensional finite element analyses were performed to study the crack-damage interaction phenomenon of a particle reinforced polymeric composite. Effects of damage size and degree of damage on the mode I stress intensity factor and the local stress fields near the crack tip were evaluated and the damage and crack growth behavior were discussed.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1998
Source ID
10.1115/imece1998-0881

Entities

People

  • Chun Ting Liu
  • H. Ho

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.