On Mode I Fatigue Crack Growth in Foam Core Materials for Sandwich Structures
Abstract I - Compact Tension Specimen
Study about of mode I fatigue crack The standard CT specimen described in propagation in polymeric cellular foam ASTM E647-95a which slightly modified to cores for sandwich structures. Measurement allow for the very low mechanical strength of fatigue crack growth (FCG) rates da/dN of the investigated foam cores. ASTM E647- are experimentally conducted under 95a describes the test CT procedure and constant load amplitude test, K-increasing specifies a requirement on specimen technique and under manual shedding of geometry for validity of LEFM conditions load amplitude test, K-decreasing during FCG measurement: technique. The influence of various stress ratio R and mean stress on the FCG rates is examined. FCG rates da/dN seem to be related to the numerically derived stress intensity factors dhelta K by the conventional Paris’ Law, when plotted on Where σcr is US or YS and Kmax is max double logarithm scale. Constant c and m stress intensity at crack tip. derived from power function curve fit and applicability of Paris’ Law to the investigated type of material is discussed. Experimental Procedure and Test Set-Up H100 and WF51 provide similar mechanical properties, given below, as can see, the WF51 core expose a more brittle behavior under ambient temperature conditions.