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the TSD specimen. The measured fracture toughness will be used in the next section to predict<br />

debond propagation load. The Tilted S<strong>and</strong>wich Debond (TSD) specimen was introduced in 1999<br />

by Li <strong>and</strong> Carlsson for fracture testing <strong>of</strong> s<strong>and</strong>wich specimens. To achieve a range <strong>of</strong> modemixities<br />

at the crack tip the s<strong>and</strong>wich specimen is tilted so that the debonded face is subjected to<br />

an axial load, in addition to the normal load. A schematic representation <strong>of</strong> the conventional TSD<br />

specimen is given in Figure 2.9.<br />

Figure 2.9: Schematic illustration <strong>of</strong> the conventional TSD specimen.<br />

Stress intensity factors for the TSD specimens may be determined as follows (Hutchinson <strong>and</strong><br />

Suo, 1992):<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

where <strong>and</strong> KI <strong>and</strong> KII are mode I <strong>and</strong> II components <strong>of</strong> the stress intensity factor <strong>and</strong> hf<br />

is the face sheet thickness. F <strong>and</strong> M are edge force <strong>and</strong> moment applied to the loaded face sheet,<br />

respectively. is the oscillatory index given for isotropic materials in Equation (1.14). The<br />

mismatch parameter is given by<br />

23<br />

(2.1)

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