Experimental Determination of Dissipated Energy Density as a Measure of Strain-Induced Damage in Composites

Abstract : An approach to characterizing failure behavior and degree of load induced internal damage in composite materials and structures is formulated. This approach is based on a systematic experimental procedure to observe response of composite materials subjected to multiaxial load environment. The energy dissipated by internal failure mechanisms is employed as a measure of internal damage and is characterized by an energy dissipation function, which is identified by means of a deconvolution procedure data provided by NRL's automated in-plane loader. Use of this information as a failure analysis and prediction tool is demonstrated by simulating the structural response of some naval structural components made from several different composite materials. In addition, a general theory for the derivation of the constitutive behavior of the damaged composites is presented.

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