Ugrinović, Vukašin Đ., Innovation Centre, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia
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HEMIJSKA INDUSTRIJA (Chemical Industry) Vol. 74 No. 4 (2020) - Engineering of Materials - Composites
Micromechanical analysis of fatigue and crack growth in carbon-fiber epoxy composites based on mechanical testing
Abstract PDF (812 kB) Figure 1. Typical comparative stress – strain curves for specimen series of 0°/90 (Z-1) and ±°45° (Z-2) orientations Figure 2. Comparative presentation of S -N curves for specimen series of 0°/90° and ±45°orientations Figure 3. Fatigue crack growth versus the number of cycles Figure 4. Measured constant-amplitude fatigue crack growth curves for Z-1 and Z-2 lay-ups Figure 5. SEM micrograph of the fracture surface Z-1 a) Matrix cracking in 0° layers b) Delamination of the layers below the fracture surface c) Fiber delamination and matrix crack Figure 6. SEM micrograph of the fracture surface Z-2 at 208x magnification Cover Letter Response to Reviewers Corrected Figure 4 Corrected Figure 5 Response to Reviewers Corrected Figure 1. Figure 1. Typical comparative stress – strain curves for specimen series of 0°/90° (Z-1) and ±45° Corrected Figure 2. Comparative presentation of S -N curves for specimen series of 0°/90° (Z-1) and ±45° (Z-2) orientations Corrected Figure 3. Fatigue crack growth: crack length, a, versus the number of cycles, N, for specimen series of 0°/90° (Z-1) and ±45° (Z-2) orientations Corrected Figure 4. Measured constant-amplitude fatigue crack growth curves for Z-1 and Z-2 lay-ups