Abstract
Abstract Fatigue of filament wound materials was investigated using Digital Image Correlation DIC monitoring every 50th cycle of a high cycle fatigue test of a split disk ring sample. The ring was cut from a filament wound glass fiber reinforced polymer pressure vessel and had a hole. The strain field redistributed over time, lowering and moving strain concentrations. The redistributive behavior was most extensive in areas that later developed local fiber failure, which soon led to catastrophic failure. Microscopy was carried out on partially fatigued material. Damage evolved as matrix cracks and matrix splitting of groups of fibers and complete debonding of single fibers. This occurred at borders of voids and matrix cracks, easing progressive fiber failure. It was concluded that fatigue in filament wound composites has an extensive matrix damage phase before final failure. Fibers could locally withstand strains close to and above the static failure strain for considerable number of cycles if little local strain field redistribution was observed. The used method was able to detect changes in the strain fields that preceded catastrophic failure. It was concluded that DIC combined with the post processing methods presented may serve as a valuable tool for structural integrity monitoring of composite pressure vessels over time.
Highlights
Composite pressure vessels are widely used for transporting and storing gas, especially hydrogen
This paper investigates mechanical fatigue in a filament wound ring with a hole tested by the split disks method monitored with Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
Catastrophic failure was initiated as fiber failure inside the black line slice indicated by the voids in the left side of the slice
Summary
Composite pressure vessels are widely used for transporting and storing gas, especially hydrogen. Most critical being the influence of the split on the through thickness strain fields. Prior research suggests that the strain concentration introduced through friction between the split of the disk and the specimen is negligible provided that the friction between sample and disk is low [7, 8]. Through thickness strain concentrations will arise from bending [9]. The hole in the specimen was introduced to further concentrate the strain simulating damage in a pressure vessel.
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