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

Table 4

Load conditions for the side delamination.

Step	Displacement [mm]	Load [kN]
1	0.61	−40
2	0.645	−42.2
3	0.76	−42.7
4	0.83	−42.7
5	0.9	−42.4
6	1.03	−41.9 −41.5
7	1.13	−41.1 −40.6
8	1.2	−40 −39.5
9	1.75	−29 −25