25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-4.1S


DELAMINATION GROWTH RATE AT LOW AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURES IN GLARE

J. E. Schut, R. C. Alderliesten
TU Delft, Netherlands

Keywords: Delamination, Fatigue, Glare, Temperature

This paper presents the experimental and analytical research on fatigue crack propagation and delamination in the Fibre Metal Laminate Glare. A recently developed analytical prediction model has been extended to elevated temperatures and has been validated with crack growth tests on Glare CCT specimen.


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