Fatigue crack growth in thin notched woven glass composites under tensile loading. Part I: experimental

Matthieu Bizeul 1 Christophe Bouvet 1 Jean-Jacques Barrau 1 Rémy Cuenca 2
1 ICA - Institut Clément Ader
2 Eurocopter France
Abstract : Helicopter blades are made of composite materials mainly loaded in fatigue and have normally relatively thin skins. A through-the-thickness crack could appear in these skins. The aim of this study is to characterize the through-the-thickness crack propagation due to fatigue in thin woven glass fabric laminates. A technological test specimen is developed to get closer to the real loading conditions acting on these structures. An experimental campaign is undertaken which allows evaluating crack growth rates in several laminates. The crack path is linked through microscopic investigations to specify damage in woven plies. Crack initiation duration influence on experimental results is also underlined.
Keywords : Fracture Structural composites Glass fibres Fatigue
Document type :
Journal articles
Complete list of metadatas

Cited literature [19 references]  Display  Hide  Download
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01852900
Contributor : Open Archive Toulouse Archive Ouverte (oatao) <>
Submitted on : Thursday, August 2, 2018 - 1:20:27 PM
Last modification on : Friday, January 10, 2020 - 9:09:46 PM
Long-term archiving on: Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 3:09:04 PM

File

Bouvet_4615.pdf
Files produced by the author(s)

Identifiers

Collections

CNRS | INSA-TOULOUSE | ICA | INSA-GROUPE | UNIV-TLSE3

Citation

Matthieu Bizeul, Christophe Bouvet, Jean-Jacques Barrau, Rémy Cuenca. Fatigue crack growth in thin notched woven glass composites under tensile loading. Part I: experimental. Composites Science and Technology, Elsevier, 2011, 71 (3), pp.289-296. ⟨10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.11.019⟩. ⟨hal-01852900⟩

Export

BibTeX TEI DC DCterms EndNote

Share

Metrics

Record views

43

Files downloads

34

CONTACT

scd.ao@univ-tlse3.fr