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A new hybrid composite (APAL: Aramid Patched Aluminum Alloy), consisting of a 2024-T3 aluminum alloy plate sandwiched between two aramid/epoxy laminate (HK 285/RS 1222), was developed. Fatigue crack growth behavior was examined at stress ratios of R=0.2, 0.5 using the aluminum alloy and two kinds of the APAL with different fiber orientation (0°/90° and 45° for crack direction). The APAL showed superior fatigue crack growth resistance, which may be attributed to the crack bridging effect imposed by the intact fibers in the crack wake. The magnitude of crack bridging was estimated quantitatively and determined by a new technique on basis of compliances of the 2024-T3 aluminum alloy and the APAL specimens. The crack growth rates of the APAL specimens were reduced significantly as comparison to the monolithic aluminum alloy and were not adequately correlated with the conventional stress intensity factor range(ΔK). It was found that the crack growth rate was successfully correlated with the effective stress intensity factor range (ΔK eff =K br -K ct ) allowing for the crack closure and the crack bridging. The relation between da/dN and theΔK eff was plotted within a narrow scatter band regardless of kind of stress ratio (R=0.2, 0.5) and material (2024-T3 aluminum alloy, APAL 0°/90° and APAL±45°). The result equation was as follow:da/dN=6.45×10−7(ΔK eff )2.4.
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Oh, S.W., Park, W.J., Hue, C.W. et al. The effect of bridging on fatigue crack growth behavior in Aramid Patched Aluminum Alloy(APAL). KSME Journal 8, 375–384 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02944710
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