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Fibre Break Failure Processes in Unidirectional Composites. Part 3: Unidirectional Plies Included in Laminates

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The purpose of these three papers is not to just revisit the modelling of unidirectional composites. It is to provide a robust framework based on physical processes that can be used to optimise the design and long term reliability of internally pressurised filament wound structures. The results given in paper Parts 1 and 2 concerning the behaviour of unidirectional composites, such as carbon fibre reinforced epoxy resin, are, here, extended to the behaviour of cross-plied composites consisting of unidirectional plies orientated at different angles with respect to the loading direction. In these laminates the plies orientated parallel to the loading direction (at 0∘) control the ultimate failure of the composite. This paper shows that the development of fibre breaks in analogous to that seen in the studies described in Part 1 and 2. Clustering of fibre breaks, shown by the development of 32-plets, preceedes failure just before specimen loaded monotonically break but develop in a more stable manner when subjected to steady high level loads. The effect of separating the 0∘ plies into thinner layers impedes the development of fibre breaks clusters and increases ultimate lifetimes.

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  1. a - Mines ParisTech, Centre des Matériaux, CNRS UMR 7633, BP 87, 91003, Evry cedex, France

    A. Thionnet, H. Y. Chou & A. Bunsell

  2. b - Université de Bourgogne, Mirande, BP 47870, 21078, Dijon, France

    A. Thionnet

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Thionnet, A., Chou, H.Y. & Bunsell, A. Fibre Break Failure Processes in Unidirectional Composites. Part 3: Unidirectional Plies Included in Laminates. Appl Compos Mater 22, 157–169 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-014-9399-y

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