Fatigue Delamination Crack Growth in GFRP Composite Laminates: Mathematical Modelling and FE Simulation

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2018/2081785/figures/2081785.fig.002a.svgz" name="2081785.fig.002a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>GFRP composite specimen nomenclature</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2018/2081785/figures/2081785.fig.002b.svgz" name="2081785.fig.002b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>DCB specimen (mode I)</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2018/2081785/figures/2081785.fig.002c.svgz" name="2081785.fig.002c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>ELS specimen (mode II)</td></tr></table>

<div>Specimen nomenclature and boundary conditions.</div>

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

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