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Comparision of Fracture Toughness of Glass Fibre Composite With Banana Fibre Composite by Finite Element Analysis

The document compares the fracture toughness of glass fibre composite and banana fibre composite using finite element analysis. It discusses using fracture mechanics principles and parameters like stress intensity factor and strain energy release rate to study the fatigue fracture behavior of materials with cracks under loading conditions.

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Comparision of Fracture Toughness of Glass Fibre Composite With Banana Fibre Composite by Finite Element Analysis

The document compares the fracture toughness of glass fibre composite and banana fibre composite using finite element analysis. It discusses using fracture mechanics principles and parameters like stress intensity factor and strain energy release rate to study the fatigue fracture behavior of materials with cracks under loading conditions.

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COMPARISION OF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF GLASS FIBRE COMPOSITE WITH

BANANA FIBRE COMPOSITE BY FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS


[Link] Rakhul, Varadharajan, Sriram, varuneshwaran
ksvinithrakhul@[Link]
UG student, Mechanical dept, REC

ABSTRACT
Damage tolerant design procedures based on Fracture Mechanics principles have been
applied to ensure safety of structural components containing cracks in aerospace, marine,
nuclear and allied fields. These procedures have been successfully used in the design of
structures made of monolithic materials containing cracks with tips exhibiting limited
yielding. The study of fatigue fracture behavior of monolithic material is carried out using
fracture parameters like Stress Intensity Factor (SIFs) (K I, KII and KIII) and Strain Energy
Release Rate (SERR) components (G I, GII and GIII) under given loading conditions. The
introduction of composites as structural material in engineering and the increasing use of
bonded joints have dragged the attention of researchers to interface crack problems. The
Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) based solution to interface crack predicts
complex singularity as against the conventional root r singularity encountered for cracks
in monolithic materials. The complex singularity gives rise to oscillatory stress field ahead
of the crack tip and oscillatory displacement behind the crack tip. The oscillatory
displacement field behind the crack gives rise to the interpenetration of the crack faces. The
contact zone model is one of the efficient and commonly used approaches to study the
fracture behavior of interface crack problems. In this project work, FEM approach is used to
carry out a parametric study of fracture parameters for an edge interface crack in a
isotropic/orthotropic plate subjected to tensile and bending loads. The front-end software
ANSYS with its fracture analysis capabilities is used. The frontal solver is used in the
solution of FEM calculations for finding the best solutions.

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