The effect of ply folds as manufacturing defect on the fatigue life of CFRP materials

Manufacturing defects are inherent to any manufacturing process. However, in composite materials they might be unavoidable, e.g. ply waviness or even folds of plies are present in complex shaped parts during high pressure resin transfer molding of carbon fiber reinforced polymers. In this work, the...

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Main Authors: S. Hörrmann, A. Adumitroaie, M. Schagerl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2016-10-01
Series:Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale
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Online Access:http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/rivista/numero38/numero_38_art_10.pdf