Experimental determination of artificial notch opening displacements for tension of composite plate with a hole

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  • Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky, Zhukovsky, Russian Federation
  • Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky, Zhukovsky, Russian Federation

Abstract

The results of determining the opening values of an artificial notch, which simulates a crack in a real composite material by using the electronic speckle interferometry (ESPI) method are presented. The main feature of the presented approach is that precision optical interference measurements of the opening values are carried out directly on the borders of the notch. High-quality interference fringe patterns caused by local removal of material between two exposures are visualized. The data obtained provide a quantitative description of the fields of purely deformational displacements, both in the "close field" and in the far vicinity of the notch top. On this basis, the distribution of the notch opening along its length is constructed when a rectangular composite plate with a hole is stretched. The notch consists of two branches that are directed in opposite directions from the intersection points of the contour of the hole and the short symmetry axis of the rectangular plate. The tensile load acts perpendicular to the notch line. It is shown that the sequence of applying a two-sided notch has practically no effect on the measurement results of the displacement components. Experimental data were obtained for notches of different lengths at different levels of external load. The dependences of the notch opening average values at notch initial points on the notch average length and the values of external tensile stresses are constructed. The obtained dependences demonstrate the obvious nonlinearity of the deformation process in the irregular zone of the coupons, both with a change in the length of the notch and the external load. These data are of considerable interest from the point of view of verifying the calculation methods used to determine the parameters of fracture mechanics for cracks in composite structures.

Keywords

composite materialsexperimental fracture mechanicsartificial notchnotch openingelectronic speckle interferometry

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Published
8 December 2025
Issue date
8 December 2025
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No. 4 (2025)
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