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Interfacial fracture toughness of unconventional specimens: some key issues
Laboratory specimens used to assess the interfacial fracture toughness of layered materials can be classified as either conventional or unconventional. We call conventional a specimen cut from a unidirectional composite laminate or an adhesive joint between two identical adherents. Assessing fracture toughness using conventional specimens is a common practice guided by international test standards. In contrast, we term unconventional a specimen resulting from, for instance, bimaterial joints, fiber metal laminates, or laminates with an elastically coupled behavior or residual stresses. This paper deals with unconventional specimens and highlights the key issues in determining their interfacial fracture toughness(es) based on fracture tests. Firstly, the mode decoupling and mode partitioning approaches are briefly discussed as tools to extract the pure-mode fracture toughnesses of an unconventional specimen that experiences mixed-mode fracture during testing. Next, we elaborate on the effects of bending-extension coupling and residual thermal stresses often appearing in unconventional specimens by reviewing major mechanical models that consider those effects. Lastly, the paper reviews two of our previous analytical models that surpass the state-of-the-art in that they consider the effects of bending-extension coupling and residual thermal stresses while they also offer mode partitioning.
Interfacial fracture toughness of unconventional specimens: some key issues
Laboratory specimens used to assess the interfacial fracture toughness of layered materials can be classified as either conventional or unconventional. We call conventional a specimen cut from a unidirectional composite laminate or an adhesive joint between two identical adherents. Assessing fracture toughness using conventional specimens is a common practice guided by international test standards. In contrast, we term unconventional a specimen resulting from, for instance, bimaterial joints, fiber metal laminates, or laminates with an elastically coupled behavior or residual stresses. This paper deals with unconventional specimens and highlights the key issues in determining their interfacial fracture toughness(es) based on fracture tests. Firstly, the mode decoupling and mode partitioning approaches are briefly discussed as tools to extract the pure-mode fracture toughnesses of an unconventional specimen that experiences mixed-mode fracture during testing. Next, we elaborate on the effects of bending-extension coupling and residual thermal stresses often appearing in unconventional specimens by reviewing major mechanical models that consider those effects. Lastly, the paper reviews two of our previous analytical models that surpass the state-of-the-art in that they consider the effects of bending-extension coupling and residual thermal stresses while they also offer mode partitioning.
Interfacial fracture toughness of unconventional specimens: some key issues
Tsokanas, Panayiotis (author) / Fisicaro, Paolo (author) / Loutas, Theodoros (author) / Valvo, Paolo S. (author) / Tsokanas, Panayioti / Fisicaro, Paolo / Loutas, Theodoro / Valvo, Paolo S.
2023-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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690
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