@inbook{713cd828cc79427b90acf385f6683aab,
title = "Z-pin bridging force in composite delamination",
abstract = "This paper presents a theoretical model of z-pin reinforced mode I delamination. Study is focused on the role of the z-pin bridging law on crack growth. Three typical z-pin pull-out curves: pull-out with friction only; pull-out with an initial bonding and firction; and pull-out with an initial bonding, stable debonding and friction, are used as the bridging laws in the delamination crack growth analyses. Solutions are given for a Double-Cantilever-Beam (DCB) with different bridging laws. Comparison of the R-curves due to different bridging laws shows that a simple bi-linear function can be used as a reliable bridging law for the z-pin reinforcement. Computer simulation of model I delamination of DCB with z-pins shows good agreement between the present model and available experimental results.",
keywords = "bridging law, Double-Cantilever-Beam (DCB), mode I delamination, pull-out, Throught-thickness reinforcement, z-pinning",
author = "Liu, \{Hong Yuan\} and Wenyi Yan and Mai, \{Yiu Wing\}",
year = "2003",
doi = "10.1016/S1566-1369(03)80119-X",
language = "English",
series = "European Structural Integrity Society",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "C",
pages = "491--502",
booktitle = "European Structural Integrity Society",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "C",
}