Failure Behavior of Unidirectional Composites under Compression Loading: Effect of Fiber Waviness

• Main Authors: Nair, Swaroop Narayanan, Dasari, Aravind, Yue, Chee Yoon, Narasimalu, Srikanth
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Wind Turbine Blades; Defects
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88164; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44564
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The key objective of this work is to highlight the effect of manufacturing-induced fiber waviness defects on the compressive failure of glass fiber-reinforced unidirectional specimens. For this purpose, in-plane, through-thickness waviness defects (with different waviness severities) are induced dur...