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Volume 9, Issue 3, 2000
The Fracture Properties of Fibre-Metal Laminates Based on Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyamide

F. Guillen and W.J. Cantwell

Department of Engineering,, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX

(Received 1/00 ; accepted 5/00)

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to investigate the interfacial fracture properties of a novel fibre-metal laminate based on a unidirectional glass fibre reinforced polyamide 6,6 composite. Interfacial fracture tests using a modified single cantilever beam geometry have shown that good adhesion between the aluminium and glass fibre polyamide plies can be achieved using a simple stamping operation. Further testing has shown that the basic fracture properties of this system do not depend on the cooling rate employed during consolidation of the laminates.

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