JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES, cilt.29, sa.2, ss.247-253, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
The aim of this study is to determine the failure behavior of laminated glass-epoxy composite plate which is subjected to a traction force by four pins. The failure load and failure mode of composite plates which have the stacking sequence of [0/90/+/- 45](S) has been observed experimentally. The ratio of edge distance from the hole center to pin diameter (E/D), the ratio of longitudinal holes distance to pin diameter (F/D) and the ratio of transverse holes distance to pin diameter (G/D) were selected as parameters. The results showed that the specimens except for E/D = 2 have similar behavior in terms of failure loads and failure modes.