Design of an element test specimen for fatigue delamination growth of a thick laminate
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Published:2023-11-01
Issue:1
Volume:1293
Page:012017
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ISSN:1757-8981
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Container-title:IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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language:
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Short-container-title:IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.
Author:
Erives R.,Sørensen B.F.,Samareh-Mousavi S.S.,Bangaru A.,Chen X.,Miao X.-Y.,McGugan M.
Abstract
Abstract
Following the observation of multiple delaminations growing from a tunnelling crack in the spar cap of a wind turbine rotor blade subjected to cyclic loading, an element test specimen is proposed. Design of the element test specimen to study fatigue delamination of a thick laminate is presented. Complexities inherent to a full structure e.g., curvatures, ply drops, manufacturing defects, etc. are removed to study the fatigue delamination damage mechanism. The element test specimen is made of unidirectional layers with two embedded artificial delamination cracks connected by a tunnelling crack. In this paper, analytical and numerical (2D) models are used to design the element test specimen.
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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