Abstract
AbstractLaminates with strong interfaces and having compressive residual stresses in the outer layer are designed to have high strength and high reliability. Bending strength tests on such laminate specimens were performed and compared with tests made on monolithic specimens made from the outer layer material. In both types of specimens fracture started from similar flaws, but the laminate specimens showed a higher strength and Weibull modulus. In the case of the monolithic material the toughness is constant but in the case of the laminates it increases – due to the action of the residual stresses – with crack extension (i. e. it is an apparent toughness).The influence of the apparent toughness curve on the fracture statistics is discussed. It is also shown that the statistics of the laminate can be determined using the statistics of the monolithic material, if the influence of the residual stresses on the toughness and strength is properly taken into account.
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