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5th International Conference on
Composites Testing and Model Simulation
Samuel Stutz
Joël Cugnoni
John Botsis
LMAF-STI, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),
CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected]
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Increasing use of composites
Layered structure
Delamination
Characterization of propagation
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Approach:
 Measuring strain with optical
fibre sensors during crack
propagation
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Identify relevant properties
with a parametric FE-model
Comparing the numerical and
experimental loaddisplacement curve
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Method
◦ Manufacturing
◦ Multiplexed Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors
◦ Distributed strain measurements
Results & Discussion
◦ Mode I (DCB) tests
◦ Mode II (4ENF) tests
Conclusion
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Prepregs from Gurit SPTM (SE 70) [020]
Crack initiator
Sensor fibre
Crack
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l=2nL
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No strain at the FBG positions
Strain ahead of the crack tip
reaches the FBGs
All FBGs are in the bridging
zone
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No strain at the FBG positions
Strain ahead of the crack tip
reaches the FBGs
All FBGs are in the bridging
zone
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No strain at the FBG positions
Strain ahead of the crack tip
reaches the FBGs
All FBGs are in the bridging
zone
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Wavelength shift versus time
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Wavelength shift versus time
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Strain versus crack length
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Wavelength shift versus time
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Strain versus crack length
Using crack length versus time
measurements to eliminate
time
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Algorithms:
Trust-region-reflective
Levenberg-Marquardt
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Crack opening as a function
of the distance from the
crack tip (from simulation)
d(z*)
and the identified bridging
traction distribution
s(z*)
were combined to obtain the
bridging law
s(d)
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Cohesive element properties:
Thickness : 20 mm
Damage initiation : 20 MPa
Cohesive stiffness : 9000GPa/mm
G(a) = Gi + Gb(a)
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Experimental loaddisplacement curve
Two initial crack
lengths, 30 and 60
mm
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Simulated load displacement
curve
No bridging in
the cohesive law
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Simulated load displacement
curve
With bridging in
the cohesive law
Energy release
rate of the
bridging fibres:
350 J/m2
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Fibre end
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Using crack length versus time
measurements to eliminate
time
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Identified energy release rate
(cohesive elements)
GII =1070 J/m2
Identified crack initiation:
smax = 38.7 MPa
Identified friction between the
loading pins and the sample:
m =0.35
There was no sensitivity to
friction between the fracture
surfaces (m=0.1 – 0.4)
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Experimental
load-displacement
curves
The different
slopes are due to
different initial
crack lengths
Some unstable
crack propagation
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Results from the
numerical
simulation
Cohesive elements
with the identified
properties
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The multiplexed FBG sensor array proved to be an excellent
embedded sensor to measure non-homogeneous strain in
mode I and mode II delamination
The measured strain distribution was successfully used for
identification of material parameters
o Bridging tractions in mode I
o The energy release rate in mode II
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The experimental load displacement curves were entirely
reproduced
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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Swiss
National Science Foundation (SNF) under Grant
200020_124397.
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