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Load (N)<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

0<br />

H130 Core<br />

=-28<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

Load (N)<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

H250 Core<br />

=-29<br />

0<br />

0 1 2 3 4<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

Figure 3.3: Typical experimental load vs. displacement curves (“” indicates the onset <strong>of</strong><br />

crack growth) for specimens with (a) H130 core (b) H250 core <strong>and</strong> (c) PMI core.<br />

Since the face/core interface toughness is strongly dependent on the mode-mixity at the crack tip,<br />

the mode-mixity was determined from finite element analysis <strong>of</strong> the MMB specimens for all<br />

loading conditions <strong>and</strong> materials tested in this study. A finite element model <strong>of</strong> the MMB<br />

specimen was developed in the commercial finite element code, ANSYS, using 4-node<br />

isoparametric elements (SOLID42), see Figure 3.4. Geometrically non-linear analysis <strong>of</strong> the<br />

MMB specimen was performed with displacement controlled loading. The mode-mixity phase<br />

angle () was determined from relative nodal pair displacements along the crack flanks obtained<br />

from the finite element analysis, applying the crack surface displacement extrapolation (CSDE)<br />

method presented in the Introduction <strong>of</strong> this thesis. The characteristic length h is arbitrarily<br />

chosen as the face sheet thickness in this study.<br />

Figure 3.4: Finite element model <strong>of</strong> the MMB s<strong>and</strong>wich specimen. The smallest element size is<br />

3.33 m.<br />

46<br />

Load (N)<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

0<br />

PMI Core<br />

=-20<br />

(a) (b) (c)<br />

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5<br />

Displacement (mm)

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