A review on mode-I interlaminar fracture toughness of fibre reinforced composites

Abstract

The effect of plasticity to interlaminar fracture toughness of adhesive bond of composite V Pavelko, K Lapsa and P Pavlovskis Abstract.Composite material has been growing rapidly throughout the year for its unique properties in comparisons with metal. Recently, there has been a growth on studying the way to reduce the delamination failure, which is the primary challenge on laminated fibre composite. This failure can degrade the strength of composite materials, hence loses its function. In this review, database search was performed using the keywords search on "interlaminar fracture toughness", "double cantilever beam", "delamination resistance" and "Mode-I G IC ". The searches were performed on Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science with further crossreferencing with other databases. Most relevant studies were selected for review and referencing by the author. This review paper gives a brief explanation on Mode-I interlaminar fracture toughness of composite material. This fracture mode is the most common modes on studying the delamination failure.

Effect of intralaminar hybridization on mode I fracture toughness of natural fiber-reinforced composites

“…212% and 191% for S + C compared to J and S nonhybrid composites. The results are in agreement with results from the literature [27,28,30], where the hybridization of nonhybrid composites also provided an improvement in the G Ic . It was shown in the literature that the type of fiber (natural or synthetic), polymer matrix, stacking sequence and number of layers have significant influences on the mechanical properties (e.g., tensile and flexural strength, impact energy and fracture toughness) of hybrid composites [15,17,24,27,28,30].…”

“…There are a number of studies in the literature that focus on fracture characterization of NRFCs [27][28][29][30]. Nasuha et al [27] reviewed some of these studies on hybridization of composites (e.g., silanized jute/epoxy, carbon/epoxy, silk/ polyester, E-glass/vinyl ester, etc.) using different layers and stacking sequence.…”

Mode I fracture toughness of fiber-reinforced polymer composites: A review

“…Some investigations have been done to find the effect of weave pattern on fracture toughness (GIC) of laminated composites by mode I fracture toughness test, and it showed some significant influence [11,170]. Suppakul and Bandyopadhyay [11] compared the mode I fracture toughness of twill, satin and plain weave laminates and reported that twill weave showed the highest GIC value followed by satin and plain weave, respectively.…”

A novel model of Z-pin insertion in prepreg based on fracture mechanics

“…In addition to the impact resistance, the effects of strengthening interlaminar fracture toughness of Z-pin composites in mode I, mode II, and mixedmode loading were also studied. [7][8][9][10] Some scholars have explored the reduction of in-plane mechanical properties caused by microstructural damage during the Z-pin insertion process. 11 However, the penetration mechanism during Z-pin insertion into prepreg is yet to be explored.…”