Experimental Investigations and Numerical Analysis of Delamination in a Composite Rib Stiffened Shell
Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Analysis of Advanced Materials 2007
Aleksandrs Korjakins, Oļģerts Ozoliņš

In present work has been made investigation of delamination between skin of shell and flanges of a stiffener by experimental testing and numerical analysis. Energy release rate has been evaluated from experimental testing under Mode I and Mode II loading conditions. The investigation has been made with aim to find the parameters for prediction a crack growing under different kind of stiffened shell loading. The numerical analysis of the structure with has been made using computer code ANSYS/LS-DYNA for explicit analysis of delamination. The energy release rate has been calculated in the damaged zones using Virtual Crack Closure Integral method [2] and so-called Tehnique-B. A crack front of delamination has been investigated since this one has considerable influence on energy release rate in the composites. A crack front isn’t a straight line and depends as from stiffness of the web flanges, as from directions of layers stacking at the delaminated surfaces.


Atslēgas vārdi
Fracture toughnrss, rib-stiffened shell, composite materials

Korjakins, A., Ozoliņš, O. Experimental Investigations and Numerical Analysis of Delamination in a Composite Rib Stiffened Shell. No: Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Analysis of Advanced Materials, Grieķija, Patras, 2.-6. septembris, 2007. Patras: CMG, 2007, 122.-122.lpp.

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