Fracture behavior of unidirectional boron/aluminum composite laminatesAn experimental investigation of the fracture behavior of unidirectional boron/aluminum composite laminates was conducted in order to verify the results of mathematical models. These models predict the fiber stresses and displacements and the amount of damage growth in a center-notched lamina as a function of the applied remote stress and the matrix and fiber material properties. A brittle lacquer coating was used to detect the yielding in the matrix while X-ray techniques were used to determine the number of broken fibers in the laminate. The notched strengths and the amounts of damage found in the specimens agreed well with those predicted by the models. It was shown that for thin laminates the amount of damage and the fiber displacements do not depend strongly on the number of plies for a given notch width.
Document ID
19840039484
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jones, F. W. (Tennessee, University Knoxville, TN, United States)
Goree, J. G. (Clemson University Clemson, SC, United States)