Progressive Damage Mechanisms in Thick 3D Composite Structures under Static and Fatigue Loading
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Upul Palliyaguru
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Open-Hole Testing of Resin Infused Carbon Composite Laminates to Facilitate Damage Growth and Failure Analysis Tools for Structural Design
In manufacturing of carbon-fiber reinforced composite aircraft structures, resin infusion offers a highly repeatable process for manufacturing structural components with resin content control, low labor requirements, and complex curvatures. To further understand the structural capabilities of res-in infused composites (RIC), this study – as part of the NASA-led Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project efforts – performed open hole tension (OHT) and open hole compression (OHC) testing on RIC laminates. This testing provides information on the damage morphology and growth characteristics of RICs, which fuels the development and evaluation of analysis tools for progressive damage growth and failure responses. X-ray computed tomography (XCT) was implemented on each OHC and OHT specimen prior to mechanical testing to identify preexisting damage and/or defects. Two OHT and OHC specimens were loaded monotonically to failure and an additional OHT and OHC specimen were loaded intermittently at defined conditions and XCT scanned after each run. From the data obtained in this study, damage mechanisms leading to failure were identified, damage morphology and size were assessed, and damage initiation and failure loads were measured.
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