Figure 3.
Specimens and loading configurations for (a) mode I [80] and (b) mode II [81] fracture tests (Reproduced, with permission from ASTM D5528-13 Standard Test Method for Mode I Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites and ASTMD7905-14 Standard Test Method for Determination of the Mode II Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428).