TY - JOUR
T1 - Subcritical crack growth at bimaterial interfaces
T2 - Part III. Shear-enhanced fatigue crack growth resistance at polymer/metal interface
AU - Zhang, Zhehua
AU - Shang, J. K.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - Fatigue crack growth along an Al/epoxy interface was examined under different combinations of mode-I and mode-II loadings using the flexural peel technique. Fatigue crack growth rates were obtained as a function of the total strain energy rate for GII/GI ratios of 0.3 to 1.4, achieved by varying the relative thickness of the outerlayers for the flexural peel specimen. Fatigue crack growth resistance of the interface was found to increase with increasing GII/GI ratio. Such a shear-enhanced crack growth resistance of the interface resulted in a gradual transition of crack growth mechanism from interfacial at the low GII/GI ratio to cohesive at the high GII/GI ratio. Under predominantly mode-I loading, the damage in the polymer took the form of crazing and cavitation. In contrast, laminar shear occurred under highly shear loading, resulting in a larger amount of plastic dissipation at the crack tip and improved fatigue crack growth resistance.
AB - Fatigue crack growth along an Al/epoxy interface was examined under different combinations of mode-I and mode-II loadings using the flexural peel technique. Fatigue crack growth rates were obtained as a function of the total strain energy rate for GII/GI ratios of 0.3 to 1.4, achieved by varying the relative thickness of the outerlayers for the flexural peel specimen. Fatigue crack growth resistance of the interface was found to increase with increasing GII/GI ratio. Such a shear-enhanced crack growth resistance of the interface resulted in a gradual transition of crack growth mechanism from interfacial at the low GII/GI ratio to cohesive at the high GII/GI ratio. Under predominantly mode-I loading, the damage in the polymer took the form of crazing and cavitation. In contrast, laminar shear occurred under highly shear loading, resulting in a larger amount of plastic dissipation at the crack tip and improved fatigue crack growth resistance.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02647762
DO - 10.1007/BF02647762
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029759803
VL - 27 A
SP - 221
EP - 228
JO - Metallurgical Transactions A (Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science)
JF - Metallurgical Transactions A (Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science)
SN - 1073-5623
IS - 1
ER -