@inproceedings{04eb639b70b941fc98578416d5f7e3d3,
title = "A modified edge crack torsion test for measurement of mode-III fracture toughness of laminated tape composites",
abstract = "Modifications to the edge crack torsion (ECT) test are studied to improve the reliability of this test for measuring the mode-III fracture toughness, GIIIc, of laminated tape fiber-reinforced polymeric (FRP) composites. First, the data reduction methods currently used in the ECT test are evaluated and deficiencies in their accuracy are discussed. An alternative data reduction technique, which uses a polynomial form to represent ECT specimen compliance solution, is evaluated and compared to FEA results. Second, seven batches of ECT specimens are tested, each batch containing specimens with a preimplanted midplane edge delamination and midplane plies with orientations of +-, with ranging from 0 to 90 in 15 increments. Tests on these specimens show that intralaminar cracking occurs in specimens from all batches except for which = 15 and 30. Tests on specimens of these two batches are shown to result in mode-III delamination growth at the intended ply interface. The findings from this study are encouraging steps towards the use of the ECT test as a standardized method for measuring GIIIc, although further modification to the data reduction method is required to make it suitable for use as part of a standardized test method.",
author = "Czabaj, {M. W.} and Davidson, {B. D.} and Ratcliffe, {J. G.}",
year = "2016",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the American Society for Composites - 31st Technical Conference, ASC 2016",
publisher = "DEStech Publications Inc.",
editor = "Davidson, {Barry D.} and Czabaj, {Michael W.} and Ratcliffe, {James G.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the American Society for Composites - 31st Technical Conference, ASC 2016",
address = "United States",
note = "31st Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, ASC 2016 ; Conference date: 19-09-2016 Through 21-09-2016",
}