Research Article

Experimental Investigation of Delamination Growth in Composite Laminates under a Compressive Load

Table 1

Geometrical description of the tested specimens.

Specimens height ()250 mm
Specimens length ()80 mm
Specimens width ()5.6 mm
Delamination position through the thickness ()0.35 mm
Delamination position in plan ()125 mm
Delamination position in plan (1)20 mm
Delamination position in plan (2)40 mm
Delamination diameter ()40 mm
Specimens landing lengths45 mm