Notched Strength and Fracture Criterion of Glass/Epoxy Plain Woven Composites Containing Circular Holes

원공을 가진 Glass/Epoxy 복합재료의 노치강도 및 파괴조건

The fracture behavior of glass/epoxy plain woven composite plates containing circular holes is experimentally investigated to examine the effects of hole size and specimen width on notched tensile strength. It is shown in this paper that the characteristic length according to the point stress criterion depends on the hole size and specimen width. For predicting the notched tensile strength, a modified failure criterion is developed. An excellent agreement is found between the experimental results and the analytical prediction of modified failure criterion. The notched strength and the characteristic length have an increase and decrease relations. When the unstable fracture occured, the critical crack length equivalent for the damage zone size at the edge of hole is about twice the characteristic length. The critical energy release rate G$_{c}$ is independent of hole size(0.03 .leq. 2R/W .leq. 0.5) under the same specimen width. However G$_{c}$ increases with an increase in specimen width which can be explained by stress relaxation due to the notch insensitivity.ity.

본 연구에서는 glass/epoxy 직조된 복합재료에 있어서 원공 및 판폭의 크기가 노치강도에 미치는 영향을 명확히 하고, 또한 노치강도 및 파괴조건과 위에서 언급한 특성길이와의 관계를 검토하였다.