Mode I Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Testing of a Ceramic Matrix Composite

Author(s):  
G. Ojard ◽  
T. Barnett ◽  
M. Dahlen ◽  
U. Santhosh ◽  
J. Ahmad ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wu Xu ◽  
J.C Ding ◽  
Jingran Ge ◽  
Qi Zhang

Abstract Due to the low in-plane strength of C/SiC ceramic matrix composite (CMC), arm failure may occur in the classical double cantilever beam (DCB) test for determination of the mode I interlaminar fracture toughness. A taped DCB (TDCB) is proposed to avoid this undesired failure mode. Exact and explicit J integral for the TDCB is derived and applied to measure the interlaminar fracture toughness of CMC. The present TDCB and J integral are demonstrated to be simple and reliable for determining the interlaminar fracture toughness, without visual measurement of the delamination length and complex data reduction.


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