1992 年 58 巻 548 号 p. 599-606
Delamination or interfacial cracking in a two-layer laminated beam subjected to three-point bending is analyzed. The initial partial debonding is assumed to locate at the center of the beam and to symmetrically spread toward both ends along the bond-line. The compliance and energy release rate are derived on the basis of an elementary beam theory. The results are shown to compare well with those based on the finite-element method. It is also shown that the delamination process is generally of a mixed-mode type; i. e., both mode I and II deformation near the crack tips contribute to the cracking process.