Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation
Glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite laminates are used in many industries due to their excellent mechanical and thermal properties. However, these materials are prone to the initiation and propagation of delamination crack growth between different plies forming the laminate. The crack pr...
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| author | Hassan Ijaz Waqas Saleem Muhammad Zain-ul-abdein Aqeel Ahmad Taimoor Abdullah Salmeen Bin Mahfouz |
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| description | Glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite laminates are used in many industries due to their excellent mechanical and thermal properties. However, these materials are prone to the initiation and propagation of delamination crack growth between different plies forming the laminate. The crack propagation may ultimately result in the failure of GFRP laminates as structural parts. In this research, a comprehensive mathematical model is presented to study the delamination crack growth in GFRP composite laminates under fatigue loading. A classical static damage model proposed by Allix and Ladevèze is modified as a fatigue damage model. Subsequently, the model is implemented in commercial finite element software via UMAT subroutine. The results obtained by the finite element simulations verify the experimental findings of Kenane and Benzeggagh for the fatigue crack growth in GFRP composite laminates. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8e5ebc7753c4c0a82a35ce15b89c80e2025-02-03T01:30:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742018-01-01201810.1155/2018/20817852081785Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE SimulationHassan Ijaz0Waqas Saleem1Muhammad Zain-ul-abdein2Aqeel Ahmad Taimoor3Abdullah Salmeen Bin Mahfouz4Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaGlass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite laminates are used in many industries due to their excellent mechanical and thermal properties. However, these materials are prone to the initiation and propagation of delamination crack growth between different plies forming the laminate. The crack propagation may ultimately result in the failure of GFRP laminates as structural parts. In this research, a comprehensive mathematical model is presented to study the delamination crack growth in GFRP composite laminates under fatigue loading. A classical static damage model proposed by Allix and Ladevèze is modified as a fatigue damage model. Subsequently, the model is implemented in commercial finite element software via UMAT subroutine. The results obtained by the finite element simulations verify the experimental findings of Kenane and Benzeggagh for the fatigue crack growth in GFRP composite laminates.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2081785 |
| spellingShingle | Hassan Ijaz Waqas Saleem Muhammad Zain-ul-abdein Aqeel Ahmad Taimoor Abdullah Salmeen Bin Mahfouz Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation International Journal of Aerospace Engineering |
| title | Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation |
| title_full | Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation |
| title_fullStr | Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation |
| title_short | Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation |
| title_sort | fatigue delamination crack growth in gfrp composite laminates mathematical modelling and fe simulation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2081785 |
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