Vcct (Virtual crack closure technique)
<Skin-stiffener debond prediction based on computational fracture analysis>
Interlaminar
fracture
mechanics
characterizes
the
onset
of
delaminations
in
composites.
Shear
loading
causes
the
panel
to
buckle
and
the
resulting
out-of-plane
deformations
initiate
skin/stringer
separation at the location of an embedded defect.
METHOD: Finite Element Analysis
ELEMENT:
the
panel
and
surrounding
load
fixture
were
modeled
with shell elements. A small section of the stringer foot and the panel in
the vicinity
of
the
embedded defect
were
modeled
with
a
local
3D
soil
model.
1.
BACKGROUND
Aerospaces structures are made of flat or cured panels with co-cured
or adhesively bonded frames and stiffeners computational stress analysis
to determine the location of first matrix cracking.
An
artificial
defect
was
placed
at
the
termination
of
the
center
stiffener.
The
stiffened
panel
is
subjected
to
pure
shear
loading
which
causes the panel to buckle.
ANALYSIS: nolinear finite element analysis
Strain
energy
release
rates
and
mixed
made
ratios
were
computed
using the virtual crack closure technique.
2.
METHODOLOGY
Interlaminar fracture mechanics
The total strain energy release rate
T
G
The mode I component due to interlaminar tension
I
G
The mode II component due to interlaminar sliding shear
II
G
The mode III component due to interlaminar scissoring shear
III
G