Abstract
Definition of the influence of interlaminar stresses on the failure characteristics of composite laminates may require the development of novel experimental characterization procedures. The so-called free edge problem in laminate elasticity offers a cnovenient mechanism to accomplish this purpose because of the high interlaminar stresses in the neighbourhood of a free boundary. The detailed design of a laminate specimen which can exhibit catastrophic delamination induced by interlaminar tension is presented, along with a preliminary failure hypothesis to characterize this mode of rupture and the associated experimental demonstration of the phenomena.
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