0000000000166530
AUTHOR
G Marannano
EFFETTI DI NANOTUBI SULLA RESISTENZA A FATICA DI BIOCOMPOSITI A FIBRE CORTE RANDOM
In order to comply with the recent regulations in terms of environmental protection, biocomposites reinforced with natural fibers are increasingly used in the automotive sector, for the replacement of synthetic materials in semi-structural applications as panels, filling material, coating, dashboards, etc. The good mechanical performances of these materials, mixed with low weight and low cost, also make it possible to minimize the weight of the vehicle, and therefore consumption, but also the relative production costs. These are composites with random short fiber appreciated for their good stiffness, generally well above that of the matrix alone. Due to the peculiar "transverse" damage phen…
A model for predicting the mixed-mode fatigue crack growth in a bonded joint
Bonded joints are highly sensitive to the presence of defects and to the degradation phenomena, and this aspect represents the primary obstacle to their use in different structural engineering applications. Delamination in a bonded joint represents, in fact, one of the primary, most common and insidious causes of damage. In this paper, a numerical–experimental study on the crack propagation along the adhesive layer of a bonded joint specimen is carried out. Experimental study is focused on the evaluation of the damage modalities of a bonded joint when the specimens are subject to fatigue load. Experimental tests are compared with the results of several numerical analysis performed in ANSYS …