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In this thesis, delamination growth in Mode I loading of laminated composites is investigated based on analytical, numerical and experimental approaches. Firstly, delamination behavior of unidirectional (UD) and multidirectional (MD) DCB specimens is studied using a beam resting on elastic foundation. The elastic foundation has a constitutive equation of bilinear cohesive zone model. Numerical results show that the present model based on equivalent flexural modulus can predict the experimental load-displacement curves of UD and MD DCB specimens well. Afterwards, the effect of the delamination interface fiber angles on the R-curve behavior of DCB specimens is investigated experimentally. To this end, DCB specimens with stacking sequence of [011/θ//012] and θ=0, 30, 45, 90 are manufactured by hand lay-up method and the fracture tests are conducted on these specimens according to ASTM standard. These stacking sequences are chosen to eliminate the effect of remote ply orientation on the R-curve behavior of DCB specimens during the delamination propagation. Experimental results show that by increasing the delamination interface fiber angle the initiation of interlaminar fracture toughness increases and the fiber bridging zone length decreases. In addition, order to present a profound insight on the interface fiber angle effect on the R-curve behavior, the sideward and crack front view as well as fracture surfaces images of DCB specimens during the delamination propagation are presented. Moreover, in order to simulate the delamination growth of DCB specimens busing interface element based on cohesive zone model, the bridging laws for mentioned specimens are characterized using J-integral approach. Experimental results show that by increasing the interface fiber angle the maximum bridging traction increases. In addition, a semi-analytical procedure is proposed in order to obtain the bridging law of DCB specimens with arbitrary 0//θ interface. In addition, the effect of intra-laminar damage on the load-displacement of DCB specimens is investigated using the finite element analysis based on the Hashin’s damage criteria. Finally, the effects of carbon nano fiber (CNF) and nano silica (SiO2) on the R-curve and cohesive zone model of UD DCB specimens are studied. The CNF and SiO2 are used in matrix and sizing of glass fiber of the manufactured specimens respectively. Results show that the nano particles significantly improve the initiation and propagation of fracture toughness as well as bridging zone length.
Keywords: Delamination, double cantilever beam, cohesive zone model, fiber bridging law, nano particles.