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An analysis of the mechanics of crack growth, parallel to the fibre alignment, in a transverse-ply in a 0°/90° cross-plied laminate has been developed. This is based on a simple description of the form of the strain field around a crack of arbitrary length in a transverse-ply. The analysis predicts transverse-ply cracking strains which correspond closely with observed values for a range of laminate characteristics. Various techniques for crack suppression are suggested by the analysis which also links the properties of the laminate with other possible modes of failure.
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Korczynskyj, Y., Morley, J.G. Constrained cracking in cross-ply laminates. J Mater Sci 16, 1785–1795 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540625
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540625