Failures in composite materials occur mainly due to interlaminar fracture, also called delamination, between laminates. This indicates that characterizing interlaminar fracture toughness is the most effective factor in the fracture of composite materials. This study reports investigation on mixed-mode interlaminar fracture behaviour in woven carbon fibre/polyetherimide (CF/PEI) thermoplastic co...

Proof: The first and second derivatives of f(z) = − ln(1 − pz) are f ′(z) = p 1−pz and f ′′(z) = p (1−pz)2 = (f ′(z))2, respectively, and f j(0) = 0 for j ≥ 1, therefore d dzm f j(z) ∣∣ z=0 = 0 for j > m and thus (2) is true for j > m. When n = j = 1, we have d n dzn f j(z) ∣∣ z=0 = f ′ k(0) = p, ∑n j′=1 F (n, j ′) j! (j−j′!) [f ′(z)]nf j−j ′ (z) ∣∣∣ z=0 = p, and F (n, j)j!pn = p, therefore, (2...

fracture of mixed mode i/ii in beech wood and its wood polymers has been investigated experimentally in this study. hence, two crack systems of tl and rl were selected in which the crack planes extend along the wood fibers. this investigation has demonstrated that onset of mixed mode cracking can be predicted with a very simple fracture criterion in these crack systems. results indicated that f...

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Analysis of near-surface compositional changes in materials exposed to ion fluxes is important to a number of technological applications. These applications include preferential sputtering of multi-component materials, ion implantation, plasma contamination, and erosion of plasma facing components in future tokamak devices such as ITER. A model is developed that addresses the dynamics of compos...