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Debond<br />

310 mm<br />

Symmetry B. C.<br />

a<br />

Figure 4.11: Quarter finite element model <strong>of</strong> the debonded panels with an elliptical debond.<br />

The smallest element size is 10 m.<br />

In the majority <strong>of</strong> recent studies (see e.g. Gaudenzi et al., 2001, Riccio et al., 2001, <strong>and</strong> Shen et<br />

al., 2001), due to difficulties associated with tracing the orientation <strong>of</strong> the new debond front after<br />

the crack growth, it was assumed that the normal <strong>and</strong> tangential directions <strong>of</strong> the debond front do<br />

not change during the crack growth. This assumption is correct for the initiation <strong>of</strong> the debond<br />

growth in the first cycles, but for the subsequent debond growth the normal <strong>and</strong> perpendicular<br />

directions <strong>of</strong> the debond front are not similar to the initial debond. To avoid adopting this<br />

assumption, a remeshing algorithm imposing an orthogonal mesh with edges parallel <strong>and</strong><br />

perpendicular to the actual debond front is implemented as illustrated in Figure 4.12.<br />

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Clamp B. C.<br />

x<br />

310 mm<br />

x<br />

y<br />

z<br />

y

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