Book of Abstracts

R. Joffe, L. Pupure, J. Varna, L. Wallström (Editors)

PROGRAM

Registration
8:00-8:30
Welcome Ceremony
8:30-8:45
Keynote lecture chaired by S. Lomov
8:45-9:30
DAMAGE AND STRENGTH PREDICTIONS OF 3D WOVEN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES: EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION, SIZE EFFECT AND MODELLING

F. Laurin1, V. Medeau1,2,3 S. Mousillat3 and J. Rannou1

1ONERA/DMAS - Université Paris Saclay, 92322 Châtillon, France
2ISAE-SUPAERO / Clément Ader Institute, 31400 Toulouse, France
3Safran Aircraft Engines, 77550 Moissy-Cramayel France

Keywords: 3D woven composites, fracture toughness, size effect, non-linear fracture mechanics

Oral session "Intralaminar Cracking ‐ 1" chaired by M. Hajikazemi and P. Fernberg
9:30-10:30
9:30-9:50 ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES IN THE PRESENCE OF OFF-AXIS CRACKS AND DELAMINATION: MODELLING AND MEASUREMENTS (ID 144)

Paolo A. Carraro1, Lucio Maragoni1, Marino Quaresimin1

1Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Stradella S. Nicola, 3, Vicenza, Italy

Keywords: Stiffness degradation, shear lag, off-axis crack, delamination

9:50-10:10 EXACT EXPRESSIONS OF CRACK FACE SLIDING DISPLACEMENT (CSD) FOR INPLANE ELASTIC CONSTANTS OF SYMMETRIC DAMAGED LAMINATES (ID 156)

Mohamed Sahbi Loukil1,2and Janis Varna3

1RISE SICOMP, Box 271, SE-94129, Piteå, Sweden
2Division of Engineering Materials, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping
3Division of Materials Science, Luleå University of Technology SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden

Keywords: Crack Sliding displacement (CSD), FEM, Transverse cracks

10:10-10:30 MICRO-DAMAGE ANALYSIS IN THIN-PLY LAMINATES FOR CRYOGENIC APPLICATIONS (ID 164)

Andrejs Pupurs1, Mohamed Sahbi Loukil2, David Mattsson2

1Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
2RISE SICOMP, Box 271, SE-94129, Piteå, Sweden

Keywords: Thin-ply laminates, Transverse cracking, Cryogenic temperature, Weibull strength

Coffee Break
10:30-11:00
Oral session "Intralaminar Cracking ‐ 2" chaired by A. Pupurs and M. Loukil
11:00-12:40
11:00-11:20 CRACK MIGRATION: EXPERIMENTS AND NUMERICAL MODELLING ON ANGLE-PLY LAMINATES (ID 120)

Miguel Herráez1, Georgios Pappas1, Charlie Blondeau1, John Botsis1

1Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis (LMAF-STI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland

Keywords: Crack migration, Angle-ply laminates, Fibre-reinforced polymer, Cohesive zone model

11:20-11:40 TRANSVERSE CRACKING IN THIN PLY-COMPOSITES: MESOSCALE MODELLING AND ACCURATE PREDICTIONS (ID 136)

Sébastien Kohler1, Joël Cugnoni1, John Botsis1

1Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis (LMAF-STI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland

Keywords: Thin-ply, size effects, multiscale modelling,transverse cracking, cohesive elements

11:40-12:00 X-RAY CT IMAGING AND MODELING OF FLEXURE-INDUCED DAMAGE IN TAPE-LAMINATES (ID 141)

Brian Wingate1, David H. Mollenhauer2 and Michael Czabaj1

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
2Air Force Research Laboratory, RX Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA

Keywords: X-ray Computed Tomography, In-Situ Testing, Transverse Fracture, Delamination, Progressive Damage Modeling

12:00-12:20 VARIATIONAL MODEL FOR PLY CRACKING IN MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS IN GENERAL SYMMETRIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES WITH FULL HOMOGENIZATION OF DAMAGED INPLANE AND OUT-OF-PLANE PLY PROPERTIES (ID 151)

M. Hajikazemi1, I. Miskdjian1, D. Garoz1 and W. Van Paepegem1

1Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 46, Ghent, Belgium

Keywords: Ply cracking, Homogenization, Variational approach, Finite elements, Digital Image Correlation

12:20-12:40 MULTISCALE MODELLING OF A THICK CARBON FIBRE SHEET MOULDING COMPOUND AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT: FROM MANUFACTURING TO STRUCTURAL SIMULATION (ID 130)

Luca M. Martulli1, Marco Alves3, Martin Kerschbaum1, Soraia Pimenta3, Stepan V. Lomov2 and Yentl Swolfs2

1Toyota Motor Europe, Material Engineering, Hoge Wei 33, 1930, Zaventem, Belgium
2Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 box 2450, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
3meComposites, Department of Mechanicals Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK

Keywords: Sheet Moulding Compounds, Compression moulding, Multiscale modelling, Composites structures

Lunch
12:40-13:40
Oral session "Delaminations ‐ 1" chaired by E. Jarve and M. Wisnom
13:40-15:20
13:40-14:00 IMPROVING DELAMINATION FRACTURE TOUGHNESS IN MULTI-DIRECTIONAL LAMINATES USING INTERLOCKED THIN-PLY REINFORCEMENTS (ID 102)

John-Alan Pascoe1, Soraia Pimenta2 and Silvestre T. Pinho1

1Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Keywords: Fracture toughness, Damage tolerance, Interlaminar reinforcement, Thin-ply, Ply-level structures

14:00-14:20 AN ELEMENT TEST SPECIMEN WITH PLY DROPS TO STUDY FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RATES AT GEOMETRY TRANSITIONS (ID 134)

Stergios Goutianos1 and Bent F. Sørensen1

1Department of Wind Energy, Section of Composite Mechanics and Structures, Technical University of Denmark, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Keywords: Ply drop, Delamination, Tunneling crack, Cyclic loading

14:20-14:40 AN EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE TO CHARACTERIZE ADHESIVE JOINTS LOADED IN SHEAR (ID 121)

Ainhoa Arrese1, Faustino Mujika1, Carlos Sarrado2, Jordi Renart2

1Materials+Technologies Group/ Mechanics of Materials, (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain
2AMADE, Polytechnic School (II), University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Keywords: Adhesive layer; Cohesive law; J-Integral; Experimental method, Mode II

14:40-15:00 NUMERICAL METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISATION OF CFRP INTERFACE BEHAVIOUR USING CURRENT INSERTION TESTS (ID 122)

Juan P. Márquez Costa1, Cédric Huchette1 and Damien Halm2

11DMAS, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay, 29 Avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92320 Châtillon, France
2DPMM, Institut P’ – ISAE-ENSMA, Téléport 2, 1 Avenue Clément Ader, 86360 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France

Keywords: Polymer composites, Delamination, Viscous interface behaviour, Temperature analysis

15:00-15:20 AN EFFICIENT METHOD TO OBTAIN THE COHESIVE LAWS OF BONDED JOINTS IN MODE I AND MODE II FRACTURE TESTS (ID 124)

S. Abdel Monsef1,2, J. Renart1,3, A. Turon1 and P. Maimí1

1AMADE, Polytechnic School, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi s/n, 17071 Girona, Spain
2Structural Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, P.O. Box 44519, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt
3Serra Húnter Fellow, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

Keywords: Cohesive law, Mode I, Mode II, DCB, ENF, ELS, Bonded joints

Coffee Break
15:20-15:50
Oral session "Delaminations ‐ 2" chaired by J. Costa and D. Mollenhauer
15:50-17:30
15:50-16:10 INVESTIGATION ON MODE I CRACK PROPAGATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF ANTISYMMETRIC CFRP LAMINATES (ID 123)

Charlie Blondeau1, Georgios Pappas1, Miguel Herráez1 and John Botsis1

1Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis (LMAF-STI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland

Keywords: Fiber bridging, Crack migration, Mode I, Laminated composites

16:10-16:30 GROWTH DRIVING DIRECTION CRITERION AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR DELAMINATIONS WITH LARGE-SCALE DAMAGE PROCESS ZONES (ID 126)

Brian L. V. Bak1, Laura Carreras1, Jordi Renart2,3, Esben Lindgaard1, and Albert Turon2

11Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede, 16, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
2AMADE, University of Girona, C. Universitat de Girona, 4, 17003 Girona, Spain
3Serra Húnter Fellow, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

Keywords: delamination crack propagation, large-scale fracture process zones, 3D delamination analysis, cohesive zone modeling, growth driving direction

16:30-16:50 ANALYSIS OF FATIGUE-DRIVEN DELAMINATION UNDER GENERAL LOADING (ID 108)

Laura Carreras1, Jordi Renart2,3, Brian L. V. Bak1, Esben Lindgaard1 and Albert Turon2

1Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede, 16, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
2AMADE, University of Girona, C. Universitat de Girona, 4, 17003 Girona, Spain
3Serra Húnter Fellow, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

Keywords: delamination crack propagation, interlaminar fatigue damage, 3D damage analysis, cohesive zone modelling, benchmark testing

16:50-17:10 GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR REGULARIZED EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF BUCKLING OF COMPOSITES (ID 128)

Jeffrey S. McQuien1, Endel V. Iarve2 and David H. Mollenhauer3

1Institute for Predictive Performance Methodology, University of Texas at Arlington, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.
2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, U.S.
33Composites Branch, AFRL/RX, Wright Patterson AFB, U.S.

Keywords: Polymer composites, Delamination, Buckling, r-Extended Finite elements

17:10-17:30 MODE II FRACTURE ANALYSIS OF ANTISYMMETRIC LAMINATES BASED ON THE 4ENF SETUP AND J-INTEGRAL (ID 152)

Niels Pichler1, Charlie Blondeau1, Georgios Pappas1, Miguel Herráez1, John Botsis1

1Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis (LMAF-STI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland

Keywords: Mode II, J-integral, Crack migration, Laminated composites, Numerical analysis

Break
17:30-18:00
Welcome reception
18:00-20:00