TY - CONF A1 - Marotzke, Christian A1 - Feldmann, Titus T1 - Failure of composites under transverse loading - a fracture mechanical approach N2 - The failure of fiber reinforced composites under transverse loading is investigated on a representative volume element. The volume element is composed of a twelve fiber hexagonal array. The debonding of the central fiber is studied under transverse shear as well as under transverse compressive loading by calculating the mode I and mode II part of the energy release rate. The initiation of failure is assumed to take place at the location of maximum tensile or maximum shear stresses, respectively. In order to determine the failure initiation point, the stress field in the interface before crack initiation is calculated. T2 - ECCM15 - 15th European conference on composite materials CY - Venice, Italy DA - 2012-06-24 KW - Composites KW - Failure criteria KW - Fracture KW - Debonding KW - Fracture toughness KW - Interface PY - 2012 SN - 978-88-88785-33-2 SP - 1 EP - 7(?) AN - OPUS4-26450 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -