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DrLukeLouca

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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@article{Brambleby:2016:10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.11.023,
author = {Brambleby, R and louca, L and Mouring, S},
doi = {10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.11.023},
journal = {Composites Part A - Applied Science and Manufacturing},
pages = {153--162},
title = {Influence of loading rate on the mode II fracture toughness of vinyl ester GRP},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.11.023},
volume = {93},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Four point bending end notched  exure (4ENF) tests were used to evaluate the mode II fracture toughness(GIIC) of glass  bre reinforced vinyl-ester (GFRP) specimens in order to expose the sensitivity of GIICtoloading rate.  Tests were carried out at load displacement rates ranging from 1 to 6000 mm/minute.  Finiteelement models were used to evaluate the correction factors that are required during data reduction in orderto compensate for geometrical non-linearity in the test.  A high speed video camera was used in conjunctionwith the digital image correlation technique to measure crack propagation during the tests.  It was foundthat, for short crack lengths, GIICtended to increase as loading rate was increased.
AU  - Brambleby,R
AU  - louca,L
AU  - Mouring,S
DO  - 10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.11.023
EP  - 162
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1359-835X
SP  - 153
TI  - Influence of loading rate on the mode II fracture toughness of vinyl ester GRP
T2  - Composites Part A - Applied Science and Manufacturing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.11.023
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/42715
VL  - 93
ER  -
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