INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT CRACK SHARPENING METHODS ON THE MODE I AND MODE II FRACTURE TESTS OF AN EPOXY RESIN Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In fracture tests, the sharpness of the pre-crack is highly important and can affect the test results considerably. Although lots of studies have been done regarding the investigation of the effects of different crack sharpening methods on the results of mode I fracture tests, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, not many experimental studies are available for the case of polymer materials under mode II loading. Accordingly, in this study, an ...