Experimental and numerical fatigue damage characterization in multidirectional thermoplastic glass/polypropylene laminates based on in-situ damage observations Ghent University
Quantifying microscopic damage mechanisms in opaque composite laminates with multiple off-axis plies throughout fatigue experiments is challenging. However, if successful, important relations can be revealed be-tween actual evolving damages and their contribution to the mechanical laminate response. This study characterizes the evolution of matrix cracking in +/- 45 and 90 embedded off-axis plies together with effects of delamination and relates ...