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Characterization and Modeling of Low Modulus Composite Patched Aluminum Center Crack Tension Specimen Using DIC Surface Displacements

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Composite patch repairs of aluminum structures used in marine and aerospace industries are designed using closed form solutions assuming thin, plane stress, linear-elastic structures or numerical methods for repairs of thick aluminum. Both methods are based on linear elastic fracture mechanics and compare crack tip predictions to a critical strain energy release rate or stress intensity. Analytical and numerical predictions are reasonable for linear-elastic behavior, but these methods do not account for elastic-plastic behavior at the crack tip that initiates above the linear-elastic limit and continues until the ultimate load. This research used digital image correlation and finite element analysis to study the full field displacement and J-integral ahead of the crack tip for un-patched and patched center crack tension specimens loaded monotonically to failure. Free surface crack tip strain and J-integral behavior remained an intrinsic property of the aluminum directly related to the crack opening displacement (COD) and were independent of one sided composite patch reinforcement. However, the crack tip bending deformations induced by the patch reinforcement increased the COD by 20% over the un-patched behavior after patch failure, most likely due to observed changes in the formation of the plastic zone ahead of the crack. Comparison of test results and analytical predications indicated a significant difference between linear elastic and elastic plastic predictions beyond the linear-elastic limit highlighting the need to utilize elastic plastic fracture mechanics and the J-integral to optimize composite patched center crack tension specimens for ultimate load.

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Work described was performed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s Survivability, Structures, Materials Department, and University of Maryland College Park’s Mechanical and Reliability Engineering department. Financial and technical support was provided by an NSWCCD In-house Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) program under Dr. Jack Price, and a grant provided to UMD by program officer Dr. Paul Hess of the Office of Naval Research Code 331 under grant number N000141612351.

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    Daniel C. Hart

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Hart, D.C., Bruck, H.A. (2019). Characterization and Modeling of Low Modulus Composite Patched Aluminum Center Crack Tension Specimen Using DIC Surface Displacements. In: Carroll, J., Xia, S., Beese, A., Berke, R., Pataky, G. (eds) Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 6. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95879-8_7

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