Transverse Failure of Unidirectional
Composites: Sensitivity to Interfacial
Properties
Scott Zacek, David Brandyberry, Anthony Klepacki, Chris Montgomery,
Maryam Shakiba, Michael Rossol, Ahmad Najafi, Xiang Zhang,
Nancy Sottos, Philippe Geubelle, Craig Przybyla, and George Jefferson
1 Introduction
In fiber-reinforced polymer-matrix composite laminates, transverse plies are needed
to provide stiffness and strength under multiaxial loading. However, unidirectional
plies typically have a relatively low transverse strength [1]. Transverse cracking
in these plies results in degraded material properties and often leads to further
The original version of this chapter was revised: Missed out co-author name has been added. The
correction to this chapter is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40562-5_15
S. Zacek · D. Brandyberry · A. Klepacki · P. Geubelle ()
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
e-mail: brandyb2@illinois.edu; geubelle@illinois.edu
C. Montgomery · M. Rossol · N. Sottos
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
e-mail: cbmontg2@illinois.edu; n-sottos@illinois.edu
M. Shakiba
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA
e-mail: mshakiba@vt.edu
A. Najafi
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA,
USA
e-mail: arn55@drexel.edu
X. Zhang
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
e-mail: xiang.zhang@uwyo.edu
C. Przybyla · G. Jefferson
Air Force Research Laboratory/RX, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, USA
e-mail: craig.przybyla@wpafb.af.mil; george.jefferson.1@us.af.mil
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40562-5_12
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Composites: Sensitivity to Interfacial
Properties
Scott Zacek, David Brandyberry, Anthony Klepacki, Chris Montgomery,
Maryam Shakiba, Michael Rossol, Ahmad Najafi, Xiang Zhang,
Nancy Sottos, Philippe Geubelle, Craig Przybyla, and George Jefferson
1 Introduction
In fiber-reinforced polymer-matrix composite laminates, transverse plies are needed
to provide stiffness and strength under multiaxial loading. However, unidirectional
plies typically have a relatively low transverse strength [1]. Transverse cracking
in these plies results in degraded material properties and often leads to further
The original version of this chapter was revised: Missed out co-author name has been added. The
correction to this chapter is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40562-5_15
S. Zacek · D. Brandyberry · A. Klepacki · P. Geubelle ()
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
e-mail: brandyb2@illinois.edu; geubelle@illinois.edu
C. Montgomery · M. Rossol · N. Sottos
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
e-mail: cbmontg2@illinois.edu; n-sottos@illinois.edu
M. Shakiba
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA
e-mail: mshakiba@vt.edu
A. Najafi
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA,
USA
e-mail: arn55@drexel.edu
X. Zhang
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
e-mail: xiang.zhang@uwyo.edu
C. Przybyla · G. Jefferson
Air Force Research Laboratory/RX, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, USA
e-mail: craig.przybyla@wpafb.af.mil; george.jefferson.1@us.af.mil
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. Ghosh et al. (eds.), Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME),
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40562-5_12
329