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A series of postbuckling tests have been conducted on thin rectangular quasi-isotropic CFRP panels. The testing machine allowed careful control of panel loading and by using acoustic emission as a diagnosis it was possible to monitor the onset and progress of failure before compression collapse destroyed the evidence. The panels exhibited substantial post buckled strength, safely supporting at least twice their buckling load. Inspection of damaged panels revealed that post buckling failure was caused by the rapid growth of edge delamination from positions corresponding to a node line in the buckled mode shape.
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Buskell, N., Davies, G.A.O., Stevens, K.A. (1985). Postbuckling Failure of Composite Panels. In: Marshall, I.H. (eds) Composite Structures 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4952-2_22
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