Abstract
Microscopic damage behavior in quasi-isotropic CFRP laminates with interlaminar-toughened layers under tensile fatigue loading is investigated. Damage observation is conducted using an optical microscope and soft X-ray radiography. The material used is CFRP with interlaminar-toughened layers, T800H/3900-2. The laminate configurations are quasi-isotropic [45/0/−45/90] s, [0/45/−45/90] s and [45/−45/0/90] s to discuss the effect of stacking sequence on microscopic fatigue damages. A damage mechanics analysis is used to obtain the energy release rate for transverse cracking which is correlated to the transverse crack density growth rate. The modified Paris-law analysis proves to be valid for characterization of transverse crack multiplication when the effect of other damage is small.
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