Fatigue life assessment of metal foils in multifunctional composites via combined experiments and simulations

Claus Othmar Wolfgang Trost, Stanislav Žák, Katharina Ruderes, René Hammer, Jördis Rosc, Thomas Krivec, Norbert Schell, Hans-Peter Gänser, Anton Hohenwarter, Megan J. Cordill

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Abstract

In many applications metal foils are part of multifunctional composites exhibiting a wide range of (thermo-) mechanical fatigue loading. Data about low cycle fatigue of metallic foils subjected to tension-compression fatigue is sparse due to geometric limits. In this contribution, detailed information about design, tension-compression fatigue testing and data extraction of a layered sample are given. Fatigue failure of both copper and Pre-Preg are analysed using scanning electron microscopy and computed tomography. Numerical models are used to calculate the elastic and plastic strains for the copper foils within the composite sample, allowing a correlation to the observed fatigue life.
Original languageEnglish
Article number110715
JournalComposites Part B: Engineering
Volume259.2023
Issue number15 June
Early online date21 Apr 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2023

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Keywords

  • Fatigue
  • Finite element analysis (FEA)
  • Fractography
  • Fracture

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