Effect of Voids on Damage Development in Carbon Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites KU Leuven
Nothing is perfect, and composite materials are no exceptions. In the micro- and meso-structure of Fiber-Reinforced Composites (FRCs), there are imperfections that are created during their manufacturing. Being called "manufacturing defects", these imperfections can influence the mechanical performance of FRCs. They include fiber waviness and misalignment, broken fibers, initial fiber/matrix debondings, initial delaminations, incomplete matrix ...