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ffects of laye r w avine ss on the com pression
fa t igue per formance of thermoplast ic
composi te l aminates
D a nie l O H a r e A d a m s * a n d M . W . H y e r t
*Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State
University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
tDepartment of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
Received 14 M ay 1993; revised 9 July 1993)
The influence of layer waviness on the compression fat igue response of carbon/polysulphone composite
laminates was studied. Specimens with a moderate level of layer waviness as well as wave-free
control specimens were cycled to fai lure at a variety of maximum stress levels to establish
S N
curves.
A one and a hal f decade loss of compression fat igue l i fe was observed for moderate layer wave
specimens as compared wi th the cont rol specimens. Brooming fai lure, character ized by through- the-
th ickness splaying of the layers and by num erous delaminat ions, was the comm on fai lure mode. T he
stress level corresponding to the 106 cycle run-out for these layer wave specimens was reduced to
approxima tely 45 of the s tatic compression s t rength of the wave-free laminate, as com pared wi th a
reduct ion to 75 for the cont rol specimens. M odera te layer wave specimens cycled to the
106
cycle
run-out showed n o evidence o f delaminat ion in the v icin i ty of the layer wave. Specimens wi th a m i ld
layer wave fai led in the gr ips away f rom the wave and exhibi ted fatigue li fe comp arable to the wave-
free specimens.
Keywords: defects; compression; thermoplastic)
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c o m m o n l y o b s e r v e d i n t h i c k - s e c ti o n c o m p o s i t e l a m i -
n a t e s . T h i s i m p e r f e c t i o n i s c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y t h e o u t -
o f - p la n e u n d u l a t i o n o f a l a y e r o r a g r o u p o f l a y e rs w i t h in
a m u l t i d i r e c t i o n a l l a m i n a t e . W h i l e m o s t c o m m o n l y
o b s e r v e d i n c y l i n d r i c a l s t r u c t u r e s , l a y e r w a v i n e s s h a s
a l s o b e e n f o u n d i n t h i c k , f l a t l a m i n a t e s . T h e c a u s e s
o f l a y e r w a v i n e s s h a v e i n s o m e c a s e s b e e n i d e n t i f i e d ,
a n d t h e d e g r e e o f w a v i n e ss r e d u c e d b y a l t e r in g t h e
m a n u f a c t u r i n g p ro c e s s . H o w e v e r , i n m a n y a p p l i c a ti o n s ,
s o m e d e g r e e o f l a y e r w a v i n e s s r e m a i n s a n d m u s t b e
t o l e r a t e d w i t h i n t h e c o m p o s i t e s t r u c t u r e .
L a y e r w a v i n e s s h a s b e e n s h o w n t o r e d u c e s ig n if i-
c a n t l y t h e s t a t i c c o m p r e s s i o n s t r e n g t h o f c o m p o s i t e
l a m i n a t e s . G a r a l a 1 t e s t e d 1 5 m m ( 0 . 6 i n ) t h i c k c a r b o n /
e p o x y c y l i n d e r s u n d e r e x t e r n a l h y d r o s t a t i c p r e s s u r e
l o a d i n g . I n s o m e c a s e s f a i l u r e s w e l l b e l o w t h e d e s i g n
p r e s s u r e w e r e b e l i e v e d t o b e d u e t o la y e r w a v i n e s s .
A b d a l l a h e t a L E t e s t e d 2 5 m m ( 1 .0 i n ) w i d e c o m p o s i t e
t in g s u n d e r e x t e r n a l h y d r o s t a t i c p r e s su r e l o a d in g . T h e
l o w e s t f a i l u r e p r e s s u r e s a n d s t r a i n s w e r e a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h r i n g s c o n t a i n i n g t h e g r e a t e s t d e g r e e o f l a y e r
w a v i n e s s . F a i l u r e i n t h e s e r i n g s o c c u r r e d a t l o c a t i o n s
o f s e v e r e l a y e r w a v i n e s s. G a s c o i g n e a n d A b d a l l a h 3
f u r t h e r i n v e s t i g a t e d t h e s t r a i n f i e l ds in t h e v i c i n i ty o f
l a y e r w a v i n e s s u s i n g m o i r 6 i n t e r f e r o m e t r y . L a r g e
i n t e r l a m i n a r s h e a r s t r a i n s , n o n e x i s t e n t i n a w a v e - f r e e
r i n g , w e r e f o u n d n e a r t h e l a y e r w a v e i n f l e c t i o n p o i n t s .
S e v e r a l i n v e s t i g a t o r s h a v e a c c o u n t e d f o r w a v i n e s s
i n m o d e l s f o r s t at ic c o m p r e s s i o n s t r e n g t h . A m a j o r i t y
o f t h e m o d e l l i n g e f f o r ts h a v e f o c u s e d o n f ib r e w a v i n e s s
i n u n i d i r e c t i o n a l c o m p o s i t e s 4 -1 °. S w a n s o n 11 m o d e l l e d
i n p l a n e f i b r e w a v i n e s s i n m u l t i d i r e c t i o n a l l a m i n a t e s b y
i n c l u d i n g t h e l a t e r a l s u p p o r t o f f e r e d b y a d j a c e n t p l i e s
i n t h e l a m i n a t e . S h u a r t 12'13 i n c o r p o r a t e d l a y e r w a v i n e s s
i n t o a m i c r o b u c k l i n g m o d e l f o r m u l t i d i r e c t i o n a l l a m i -
n a t e s . B o t h i n p l a n e a n d o u t - o f - p l a n e w a v i n e s s w a s
c o n s i d e r e d . P e e l
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14 e x t e n d e d t h i s s t u d y t o c o n s i d e r
a d d i t i o n a l o u t - o f - p l a n e l a y e r w a v e c o n f i g u r a t i o n s . B o g -
e t t i e t a l . 15.16 d e v e l o p e d a l a m i n a t e d p l a t e t h e o r y b a s e d
m o d e l t o p r e d i c t s ti f fn e s s a n d s t r e n g t h r e d u c t i o n s d u e
t o l a y e r w a v i n e s s. H y e r a n d B r o w n 17 a n d T e l e g a d a s
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t h i c k c r o s s p l y c o m p o s i t e c y l i n d e r s u s i n g f i n i t e e l e m e n t
ana l ys i s .
A l t h o u g h l a y e r w a v i n e ss e f f e c t s o n s t a ti c c o m p r e s s i o n
s t r e n g t h h a v e r e c e i v e d c o n s i d e r a b l e a t t e n t i o n , t h e
e f f e c t s o n c o m p r e s s i o n f a t i g u e p e r f o r m a n c e h a v e
n o t . H o w e v e r , c o m p r e s s i o n f a t i g u e t e s t i n g h a s b e e n
p e r f o r m e d o n c o m p o s i t e l a m i n a t e s w i t h o t h e r t y p e s o f
s t r e ss c o n c e n t r a t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g p l y d r o p - o f f s2° , i mpact
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m i s a l i g n m e n t .
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o n t h e s t a t i c c o m p r e s s i o n t e s t i n g o f t h e r m o p l a s t i c
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isolated layer wave. The laminate chosen was a 22 ply
[902/02/902/02/902/02w]S laminate with the layer wave
fabricated into the central 0° layer. The wavy layer is
designated as 02w, the overbar indicating this layer is
not repeated in the symmetric stacking sequence. A
three-step procedure was used to fabricate the isolated
layer wave into the composite laminates. Layer wave
geometries up to 1.5 layer thicknesses in amplitude
and as short as 9 layer thicknesses in length were
tested. The more severe wave geometries were shown
to produce reductions in static compression strength
as high as 35 , although the wavy 0 ° layer accounts
for only 20 of the load carrying capacity of the
laminate.
In the present study a similar methodology was
used to investigate the effects of layer waviness
on compression fatigue response. Specimens with a
moderate layer wave geometry were cycled to failure
at a variety of maximum stress levels to establish an
S - N curve for this particular level of layer waviness.
In addition, wave-free control specimens were used to
develop an
S - N
curve corresponding to the case of
no layer waviness. Thus, the reductions in compression
fatigue life associated with a specific layer wave
geometry were established. An overview of the results
of this study follows.
COMPRESSION FATIGUE TESTING
The wavy layer specimens were fabricated by the
method described in ref. 29. The fabrication of
specimens with a known and controlled level of
waviness is an interesting issue in its own right. The
reader is encouraged to consult ref. 29 for details.
Experimental setup
Compression fatigue testing on the wavy layer
was performed using a test fixture designed and
manufactured at NASA Langley Research Center3°.
This fixture, shown in Figure 1 consists of two massive
steel blocks with U-shaped cavities and which are
aligned by four rods and linear bearings. The com-
pression fatigue specimen is placed between end
loading plates within the cavity of each block. The
thickness of each end loading plate is machined to be
slightly less than the specimen thickness. Gripping
surfaces on the rear of the cavities and on the two
cover plates are lightly serrated. Four bolts are used
to secure each cover plate. Thus, the ends of the
specimens are supported along a portion of their
SerrateO
g t l p p m g
stlrface ,,
over
D~ates
AhgmHeli{t~) ls
End
l o a d i n g
pla les
I
100 mm
Figur e 2 Com pr ess ion f a t igue t e s t spec ime n configu r a t ion
length and loaded th rough the end loading plates. The
serrated gripping surfaces allow for limited load transfer
through shear-loading of the supported portions of the
specimen faces. In Figure 1 the top cover plate is in
place whereas the bottom cover plate is removed,
revealing the bottom end loading plate.
The specimen configuration used in compression
fatigue testing is shown in Figure 2. The 102 mm (4.0
in.) long by 25 mm (1.0 in.) wide specimens were cut
using a water-cooled diamond saw. Specimen ends
were cut as fiat and parallel as possible to ensure that
the compression load was introduced uniformly. The
layer wave was centred along the length of each
specimen. Use of 102 mm (4 in) long specimens
resulted in an unsupported gage length of 25 mm (1.0
in). With specimen thicknesses of approximately 4.3
mm (0.17 in), the length-to-thickness ratio for the
gauge section was less than 6. As a result buckling
was not an issue.
A total of nine 152 mm (6 in) square T300/P1700
laminates were fabricated, all of which were 22 ply
[902/02/902/02/902/02w]S laminates. Six laminates were
fabricated with layer waviness and t hree were fabricated
wave-free. All laminates were ultrasonically C-scanned
to ensure laminate quality prior to cutting into test
specimens.
The layer wave geometry was characterized separ-
ately for each specimen. The wavy region of each
specimen was photographed under a microscope at
low magnification. From photographic enlargements,
the wavelength, h, and wave amplitude, B, were
measured as shown in F igure 3 . In this figure, t
denotes the thickness of the two-ply wavy layer (ca.
0.4 mm, 0.016 in). The layer wave 'severity' parameter
B/h was calculated for each specimen. Intuitively, a
more 'severe' wave implies a shorter wavelength, h,
coupled with a larger wave amplitude, B, and thus a
larger value of B/X.
The variation in wave geometries among the six
laminates was less than the variation obtained in the
laminates used for the static tests 29. In fact, layer
wave geometries with B/h ratios between 0.05 and
0.06, namely moderat e waves, were produced in five
of the six laminates. A representative layer wave
v
Figur e 1 Com pr ess ion f a t igue t e s t f i x tu r e
F igur e 3 Def in i t i on o f laye r wave geome t r y pa r ame te r s
3 8 6 F a ti g u e 1 9 9 4 Vo l 1 6 Au g u s t
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Ta b l e 1 C o m p re ss i o n fa t i g u e t e s t r e su l t s f ro m c o n t ro l sp e c i me n s
M a x . s t r e s s C y c l e s t o Fa i l u re
L a m i n a t e S p e c i m e n M P a / k s i ) f ai l ur e l o c a t io n
1 1 552/80 297 886 Gr ip
2 552/80 183 507 Gr ip
3 586/85 18 734 Gr ip
4 5 8 6 / 8 5 1 8 4 6 G r i p
2 1 586/85 448 Ga uge sec t ion
2 4 8 3 / 7 0 3 7 2 0 0 9 G r i p
3 5 1 7 / 7 5 9 0 7 5 G r i p
4 483/70 429 864 Gr ip
5 4 4 8 / 6 5 5 7 4 0 9 1 G r i p
3 1 552/80 18 248 Gr ip
2 483/70 19 783 Gr ip
3 414/60 1000 000 -
4 5 1 7 / 7 5 1 4 7 8 4 G r i p
5 448/65 43 285 Gr ip
F i g u r e
4 M o d e r a t e la y e r - w a ve g e o m e t r y
geometry from this group is shown in Figure 4. The
specimens from these laminates became the primary
group for the purpose of generating fatigue life (S-
N) data. The layer wave geometry in the remaining
laminate was much less severe, with a G/h ratio of
approximately 0.02. This layer wave geometry, referred
to as a mild wave, is shown in Figure 5. The specimens
from this laminate became the secondary group for
fatigue testing.
Testing was performed under load control using an
Instron servo-hydraulic load frame. Specimens were
placed in the fatigue fixture and preloaded with a
small compression load prior to installing the cover
plates. The four inner bolts were tightened to 81 N
m (60 ft lbs) whereas the outer bolts were tightened
to 41 N m (30 ft lbs). Displacement limits on the
actuator stroke of the test machine were set as tightly
as possible to avoid post-failure crushing of specimens.
All fatigue testing was performed with a stress ratio,
R, of 10. Thus, the maximum compression stress
during each loading cycle was 10 times the minimum
compression stress. Specimens were cycled at a fre-
quency of 5 Hz using a sinusoidal waveform. This
cycling frequency resulted in only a 2°C (4°F) increase
in surface temperature o f the specimen. All specimens
were cycled either to failure, or to 106 cycles, a value
which was considered a run-out in this study.
The static compression strength of the 22 ply [902/
02/902/02/902/02w]s laminate with no waves was deter-
mined using the IIT RI compression tes t 29. Specimens
were cut from two additional laminates to the same
dimensions as those for compression fatigue testing.
However, glass/epoxy tabs were bonded to the IITRI
test specimens, resulting in a 25 mm (1.0 in) guage
length. Based on nine tests, the static compression
strength was determined to be 608 MPa (88.2 ksi).
each control specimen is presented in Table 1. These
results are presented as an
S N
diagram in
Figure 6.
The maximum applied stress, trmax, shown in Figure 6
is nondimensionalized by dividing by the average static
compression strength of laminates with no waves,
namely -608 MPa (-88.2 ksi). The numbers shown
with the data in Figure 6 correspond to the laminate
number from which the specimens were cut. Results
indicate a 106 cycle run-out strength of approximately
75 of the average static compression strength. As
can be seen, considerable scatter was present in the
data, partly due to laminate-to-laminate variations.
For example, specimens from laminate 1 showed
consistently better fatigue resistance than specimens
from laminates 2 and 3. Failures within a grip occurred
in all but one of the control specimens cycled to
failure.
Specimens with layer waviness were separated into
two groups for testing. The primary group, totalling
24 specimens from laminates 1 to 5, had G/h ratios
ranging from 0.05 to 0.06, the moderate wave geometry.
These specimens were cycled at maximum stress levels
ranging from -552 MPa (-80 ksi) to -276 MPa (-40
ksi) in an effort to produce failures in the range of
103 to 106 cycles. The secondary group, consisting of
Experimental resul ts
A total of 44 specimens were tested in fatigue; 14
control specimens with no layer waviness and 30
specimens with layer waviness. The 14 control speci-
mens were tested at maximum stress levels ranging
from -586 MPa (-85 ksi) to -414 MPa (-60 ksi) in
an effort to produce failures in the range of 103 to
106 cycles. The maximum applied compression stress
and the corresponding number of cycles to failure for
Fi g u re 5 M i l d l a y e r -w a v e g e o m e t ry
0.8
.6
t a t i c / 0 . 4
0.2
Fi g u re 6
i 2 1
•
2 0 3 • •
0 0 3
0 3 3 2 W 2
• 2 0
3 • . ~
Numbers : Lam ina te Number , Bracke t: Range o f S ta t i c Da ta )
I I I I I I
101 102 103 104 10 s 10 s 107
N, number o f c yc les
C o mp re ss i o n fa t i g u e re su l t s o f c o n t ro l sp e c i me n s
F at ig u e 1994 V o l 16 Au g u st 387
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f ive spec imens f rom lamina te 6 , had
~/h
ra t io s o f
a p p ro x i m a t e l y 0 .0 2 , t h e m i l d wa v e g e o m e t ry . T h e s e
spec imens w ere cyc led a t max im um s t ress leve l s rang ing
f r o m - 5 5 2 M P a ( - 8 0 k s i ) t o - 4 4 8 M P a ( - 6 0 k s i ) .
R e s u l t s o f c o m p re s s i o n f a t i g u e t e s t i ng fo r s p e c i m e n s
wi th l ayer wav iness a re p resen ted in
Table 2.
T h e
l a y e r wa v e s e v e r i t y p a ra m e t e r g/h , t h e m a x i m u m
comp ress ion s t ress , num ber o f cyc les to fa i lu re , and
loca t ion o f fa i lu re is p res en te d fo r each spe c imen . A
'wave ' fa i lu re loca t ion re fers to a fa i lu re wi th in the
ac tua l l ayer wave , whereas a ' g r ip ' fa i lu re re fe rs to a
fa i lu re beyond the gauge sec t ion , wi th in the g r ipped
por t ions o f the spec im en . G enera l ly , these g r ip fa ilu res
o c c u r r e d w i t h in a s h o r t d i s t a n c e b e y o n d t h e e n d s o f
t h e g a u g e s e c t i o n . A l l b u t o n e s p e c i m e n f ro m t h e
p r i m a ry g ro u p w i t h m o d e ra t e l a y e r wa v e g e o m e t r i e s
( s p e c i m e n s f ro m l a m i n a t e s 1 -5 ) f a i l e d a t t h e l o c a t i o n
o f t h e l a y e r wa v e . F o u r o f t h e f i v e s p e c i m e n s f ro m
t h e s e c o n d a ry g ro u p w i t h m i l d l a y e r wa v e g e o m e t r i e s
(spec imens f rom lamina te 6 ) fa i l ed in the g r ip . The
la t te r resu l t ind ica tes tha t th i s mi ld l eve l o f wav ine ss was
of equa l o r l es s sever i ty than the s t ress concen t ra t ion
p ro d u c e d b y t h e g ri p s. T h u s , t h e s e c o n d a ry g ro u p o f
spec imens was o f l imi ted use fo r assess ing the e f fec t s
o f th e m i ld l a y e r wa v e g e o m e t ry
8 / h
= 0 .02) on
compress ion fa t igue l i fe .
R e s u l t s f ro m t h e p r i m a ry g ro u p o f s p e c i m e n s w i t h
m o d e ra t e l a y e r wa v e g e o m e t r i e s a r e p r e s e n t e d a s a n
S - N d iag ram in Figure 7. On c e a g a i n , t h e n u m b e r o f
t h e l a m i n a t e f ro m wh i c h e a c h s p e c i m e n wa s c u t i s
Tabk 2 Compress ion fatigue test results ~om layer-waviness
specimens
Max. stress Cycles to Failure
Laminate Specimen 8/h MPa ksi) failure location
1 1 0.0 51 552/55 241603 Wave
2 0.053 552/60 34907 Wave
3 0.054 586/50 199856 Wave
4 0.052 586/70 14605 Wave
5 0.053 547/79 1 Wave
2 1 0.054 586/40 1000000 -
2 0.053 483/70 67946 Grip
3 0.053 517/80 444 Wave
4 0.055 483/60 96641 Wave
5 0.0 51 448/70 551 Wave
3 1 0.055 552/50 219081 Wave
2 0.055 483/60 35812 Wave
3 0.054 414/80 33 Wave
4 0.053 517/65 14172 Wave
5 0.050 448/60 46068 Wave
4 1 0.053 552/60 316814 Wave
2 0.058 483/40 1000000 -
3 0.059 414/60 164323 Wave
4 0.054 517/50 762264 Wave
5 0.0 51 448/70 40556 Wave
5 1 0.044 552/70 20736 Wave
2 0.052 483/50 321993 Wave
3 0.055 414/80 120 Wave
4 0.056 517/70 5258 Wave
5 0.056 448/60 10367 Wave
6 1 0.020 552/80 52 Wave
2 0.019 483/70 494 792 Grip
3 0.018 414/75 288 086 Grip
4 0.020 517/70 147 963 Grip
5 0.022 448/60 925 664 Grip
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oderate Mild
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igure 7 Compress ion fatigue results of control and layer-wave
specimens
i n d i ca t e d . R e s u l t s f ro m t h e c o n t ro l s p e c i m e n s a n d t h e
s e c o n d a ry g ro u p o f s p e c i m e n s w i t h m i l d l a y e r wa v e
g e o m e t r i e s a r e p r e s e n t e d fo r c o m p a r i s o n . T h e a v e ra g e
s t a t i c c o m p re s s i o n s t r e n g t h f ro m t wo s p e c i m e n s w i t h
va lues o f
8/h
b e t we e n 0 .0 5 a n d 0 .0 6 t h a t f a i l e d a t t h e
layer wave i s a l so shown on the d iag ram (so l id
t r i ang le) . Resu l t s c lear ly show a reduct ion in the
c o m p re s s i o n f a t i g u e l i f e d u e t o t h e m o d e ra t e l a y e r
wa v e . R e l a t i v e t o t h e c o n t ro l s p e c i m e n s , a o n e a n d a
ha l f decade loss o f fa t igue l i fe was observed in the
range of 103 to 106 cycles . The 106 cycle s trength of
t h e s p e c i m e n s w i t h m o d e ra t e l a y e r wa v i n e s s wa s
re d u c e d t o a p p ro x i m a t e l y 4 5 o f t h e s t a ti c c o m p re s s i o n
s t r e n g th o f th e c o n t ro l s p e c i m e n s . On c e a g a i n, a
c o n s i d e ra b l e a m o u n t o f s c a t te r wa s s e e n i n t h e d a t a ,
due in par t to l amina te- to - lamina te var ia t ions . The
grea tes t fa t igue l i fe was assoc ia ted wi th spec imens
f ro m l a m i n a t e 4 , wh e re a s s p e c i m e n s f ro m l a m i n a t e 1
e x h i b i t e d b e l o w a v e ra g e f a t i g u e l i f e . T h e s e c o n d a ry
g ro u p o f l a y e r wa v e s p e c i m e n s w i t h m i l d l a y e r wa v e
g e o m e t r i e s e x p e r i e n c e d f a t i g u e l i f e c o m p a ra b l e t o t h e
con t ro l spec imens . Again , th i s resu l t sugges t s tha t the
p re s e n c e o f t h e m i l d l a y e r wa v e wa s n o wo r s e t h a n
the in f luence o f the g r ips .
T wo f a i l u r e m o d e s we re o b s e rv e d i n th e c o m p re s s i o n
fa t i g u e s p e c i m e n s , e a c h m o d e c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o a
d i f fe ren t fa i lu re loca t ion . Spec imens fa i l ing a t the
l o c a t i o n o f t h e l a y e r wa v e e x p e r i e n c e d a b ro o m i n g
m o d e , a s s h o wn i n
Figure 8.
T h e s e f a i l u r e s we re
charac te r ize d by th rough- the- th ick ness sp lay ing o f the
l a y e rs a n d n u m e ro u s d e l a m i n a t i o n s . T h e a c t u a l d e g re e
o f o u t -o f -p l a n e b ro o m i n g v a r i e d g re a t l y a m o n g s p e c i -
m e n s , a n d wa s b e l i e v e d t o b e d e p e n d e n t o n t h e
a m o u n t o f po s t - f a il u r e a c t u a t o r m o t i o n o f t h e l o a d
f r a m e a n d s u b s e q u e n t c ru s h i n g o f th e s p e c i m e n p r i o r
t o s t o p p a g e . An a n g l e d f r a c t u re s u r f a c e t h ro u g h t h e
th ickness was observed in near ly a l l o f the fa i l ed
s p e c i m e n s . T h e s e f r a c t u re s u r f a c e s we re fo u n d t o h a v e
prefer red o r ien ta t ions , pass ing th rough an in f lec t ion
p o i n t o f t h e wa v y l a y e r a n d a n g l i n g a wa y f ro m t h e
cen t ra l wave t rough , as i l lu s t ra ted in
Figure
9 . In mos t
s p e c i m e n s , e a c h 0 ° l a y e r wa s f r a c t u re d i n o n l y o n e
loca t ion . Spe c ime n fa i lu re a t the loca t ion o f the l ayer
wa v e wa s s u d d e n a n d c a t a s t ro p h ic . I n n o i n s ta n c e wa s
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Figure Post test condition of moderate layer wave specimen
igure
9 Pre ferred angular orientations of failure planes in layer-
wave specimens
the in i t i a t ion o f fa i lu re de tec te d aud ib ly , v i sua l ly , o r
by ac tua to r s t roke o r load l imi t s such tha t t es t ing
c o u l d b e s t o p p e d a n d t h e s p e c i m e n e x a m i n e d fo r
f a i lu r e i n it ia t io n . T h e re fo re , t h e s e q u e n c e o f e v e n t s
lead ing to f ina l fa i lu re cou ld no t be read i ly de te rmined .
On l y i n f e r e n c e s we re p o s s i b l e b a s e d o n p o s t - f a i l u r e
o b s e rv a t i o n o f s p e c i m e n s , p a r t i c u l a rl y t h o s e s p e c i m e n s
d i s pl a y in g a m i n i m a l d e g re e o f b ro o m i n g . Ho we v e r ,
no cons i s ten t s imi la r i t i es in de lamina t ion pa t te rns
e x i s t e d a m o n g t h e r e l a t i v e l y f e w s p e c i m e n s wh i c h
e x p e r i e n c e d l i m i t e d b ro o m i n g .
T h e r e m a i n i n g l a y e r wa v e s p e c i m e n s , a n d a l l b u t
one con t ro l spec imen , fa i l ed wi th in the g r ip and
e x p e r i e n c e d a f a i l u r e m o d e c o n s is t in g o f l o c a li z e d
buck l ing o f eac h o f the 0 ° layers . The buck led 0 °
l a y e rs fo rm e d a n g l e d f r a c t u re b a n d s t h ro u g h t h e
t h ic k n e s s o f th e s p e c i m e n , a s s h o wn i n
Figure 10.
In
some ins tances , a s ing le f rac tu re band
Figure lOa)
wi t h i n t h e g r i p p ro d u c e d a d e t e c t a b l e i n c re a s e i n t h e
a c t u a t o r s t ro k e d u r i n g t e s t i n g , e x c e e d i n g t h e s t ro k e
l imi t and s topp ing the t es t . In o ther spec imens ,
s u b s e q u e n t f r a c t u re b a n d s a p p e a r t o h a v e fo rm e d
wi th in the g r ip reg ion
Figure lOb).
I f l o a d i n g wa s
n o t s t o p p e d p r i o r t o t h e f r a c t u re b a n d s r e a c h i n g t h e
u n s u p p o r t e d g a u g e s e c t i o n , a b ro o m i n g f a il u r e o c c u r r e d
a t t h e e d g e o f t h e g r i p , a s s h o wn i n Figure 10c.
Six spec imens fa i l ing wi th in the g r ip , th ree l ayer
wa v e s p e c i m e n s a n d t h r e e c o n t ro l s p e c im e n s , a n d t h e
t h re e I06 c y cl e ru n -o u t s p e c i m e n s we re s u b s e q u e n t l y
X- ra y e d t o i n v e s ti g a t e t h e e x t e n t o f d a m a g e . T h e s e
s p e c i m e n s we re t r e a t e d w i t h a z i n c i o d i d e p e n e t r a n t
p r i o r t o X- ra y t o e n h a n c e d a m a g e d e t e c t i o n . I n t e rn a l
d a m a g e r e g i o ns r e a c h e d b y t h e p e n e t r a n t p r o d u c e d
d a rk r e g i o n s i n t h e p h o t o g ra p h s . R e s u l t s f ro m X-
ray ing the s ix spec imens fa i l ing wi th in the g r ip a re
Figure 10 Post- test condition of specimens failing at the grip: a)
single failure band ; b) m ultiple failure band s; c) multiple failure
bonds, brooming failure
p re s e n t e d i n
Figure 11. The
gr ip reg ion fa i lu res ,
c h a ra c t e r iz e d b y d a rk b a n d s e x t e n d i n g a c ro s s t h e w i d t h
of the spec imen , a re c lear ly v i s ib le in each spec imen .
E a c h d i s ti n c t b a n d c o r r e s p o n d e d t o a l o c a li z e d b u c kl i ng
fa i lu re wi th in on e o f the 0 ° l ayers . Fo r the th r ee w avy
layer spec imens which fa i l ed a t the g r ip , there was no
e v i d e n c e o f d a m a g e i n t h e g a u g e s e c t i o n a s a r e s u l t
o f t h e l a y e r wa v e . T h u s i t wo u l d a p p e a r t h a t f a i l u re
i n t h e wa v y r e g i o n , wh e n i t d o e s o c c u r , i s s u d d e n a n d
i s n o t p r e c e d e d b y d a m a g e a c c u m u l a t i o n . R e s u l t s f ro m
X-ray ing the th re e 106 cyc le run -o u t spe c imen s , two
l a y e r wa v e s p e c i m e n s a n d o n e c o n t ro l s p e c i m e n , a r e
p re s e n t e d i n
Figure 12.
No ev ide nce o f fa i lu re in i ti a t ion
wa s s e e n i n a n y o f th e s e t h r e e s p e c i m e n s e i t h e r. T h e
t wo l a y e r wa v e s p e c i m e n s s h o we d n o v i s u a l e v i d e n c e
o f d e l a m i n a t i o n o r o t h e r d a m a g e i n t h e v i ci n it y o f t h e
l a y e r wa v e .
In a l l n ine o f the spec imens X-rayed , se t s o f th in
p a ra l l e l l i n e s we re o b s e rv e d b o t h p e rp e n d i c u l a r a n d
para l le l to the load ing d i rec t ion . These l ines were
s u b s e q u e n t l y d e t e rm i n e d t o b e t r a n s v e r s e c r a c k s w i t h i n
the ind iv idua l l ayers o f the l amina te . T ran sverse c rack
dens i t i es in the 90° l a y e r s p e rp e n d i c u l a r t o t h e l o a d i n g
d i rec t ion ) we re no t iceab ly h igher than in the 0 ° l ayers
p a ra l l e l t o t h e l o a d i n g d i r e c t i o n ) . T h e p re s e n c e o f
t h e l a y e r wa v e d i d n o t a p p e a r t o a f f e c t t h e c r a c k
dens i ty .
F at ig u e 1994 V o l 16 Au g u st 389
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372 009 19 783 14 784 67 946 5258 I 0 367
Co ntro l specimens .... ~ ~ La ye r wav e specimens
Num bers i nd i ca te cyc les t o f a i l u re
Figure 11 X-ray results for spe imens exhibiting grip failure
G r i p r e g i o n
Gauge sec t ion
G r i p r e g i o n
~:~,
G r i p r e g i o n
Gauge sec t ion
G r i p r e g i o n
Con t ro l
specimen
Laye r wave spec im ens
Figure 12 X-ray results for run-out specimens (10~ cycles)
C O N C L U S I O N S
C o m p re s s i o n f a t i g u e s p e c i m e n s f a b r i c a t e d f ro m T 3 0 0 /
P 1 7 0 0 a n d w i t h m o d e ra t e l a y e r wa v e s (8 / k r a t i o s
b e t w e e n 0 .05 a n d 0 .0 6 ) e x h i b i t e d a o n e a n d a h a l f
d e c a d e l o s s o f c o m p re s s i o n f a t i g u e l i f e a s c o m p a re d
wi t h s p e c i m e n s w i t h o u t l a y e r wa v i n e s s . T h e s t r e s s
leve l co rresp ond ing to the 106 cyc le run -ou t fo r these
l a y e r wa v e s p e c i m e n s wa s r e d u c e d t o a p p ro x i m a t e l y
4 5 o f t h e s t a t ic c o m p re s s i o n s t re n g t h o f t h e wa v e -
f r e e l a m i n a t e . C o m p re s s i o n f a t i g u e s p e c i m e n s w i t h
m o d e ra t e l a y e r wa v e s f a i le d a t t h e l o c a t i o n o f t h e
l a y e r wa v e in a s u d d e n , u n d e t e c t e d m a n n e r . B ro o m i n g
fa i lu re , charac te r ize d by th rough - the- th ickn ess sp lay ing
o f t h e l a y e r s a n d b y n u m e ro u s d e l a m i n a t i o n s , wa s t h e
c o m m o n f a i l u r e m o d e . S p e c i m e n s w i t h a m i l d l a y e r
wa v e (8 / k = 0 .0 2 ) f a i l e d i n t h e g r i p s a n d e x h i b i t e d
fa t ig u e l if e c o m p a ra b l e t o t h e c o n t ro l s p e c i m e n s . L a y e r
wa v e s p e c i m e n s c y c l e d t o t h e 106 c y c l e ru n -o u t s h o w e d
n o e v i d e n c e o f d a m a g e a c c u m u l a t i o n o r d e l a m i n a t i o n
i n th e v i c i n it y o f t h e l a y e r w a v e . F o r m o re i n fo rm a t i o n
o n t h e r e s u l ts o f t h e s t u d y , t h e r e a d e r i s r e f e r r e d t o
ref. 31.
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P ro g ra m . T h e f in a n c ia l s u p p o r t o f t h e s e s o u rc e s is
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