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For this purpose the mode I double cantilever beam (DCB) tests according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D5528 Standard were performed on specimens with different delamination interfaces and specific lay-ups composition exhibiting the bending-twisting (BT) and the bending-extension (BE) couplings. The critical strain energy release rates (mode I c-SERR, GIC) were calculated by using the classical methods, namely: the modified beam theory (MBT), the compliance calibration (CCM) and the modified compliance calibration (MCC). In order to evaluate an accuracy of the different methods, the values of c-SERR obtained by using standardized data reduction schemes were compared with values calculated by using the compliance based beam method (CBBM). All the methods give rise to comparable values of the GIC, which makes the CBBM an appealing choice, since it does not depend on crack length monitoring during the test. Initiation and propagation of delamination were investigated by using the acoustic emission (AE) technique. Moreover, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis were performed after the experimental tests in order to investigate a fracture surface at delamination plane.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma13225146","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,16]],"date-time":"2020-11-16T21:48:52Z","timestamp":1605563332000},"page":"5146","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Experimental Investigation of Delamination in Composite Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates with Elastic Couplings"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Jakub","family":"Rzeczkowski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Fundamentals of Technology, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38, 20-618 Lublin, Poland"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3524-3200","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sylwester","family":"Samborski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618 Lublin, Poland"}]},{"given":"Marcelo","family":"de Moura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2013). 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