Compression tests are conducted on composite laminates consisting of 16
unidirectional carbon/epoxy layers with two through-width delaminations. Two types
of delamination length and location are considered. One is that a short delamination is located at the middle surface along the thickness direction and a long delamination is positioned between the second layer and the third layer. The other is that a long
delamination is located at the middle surface and the position of the short elamination
is between the second layer and the third layer. The results indicate that if the long
delamination is close to the surface of the laminate, the inner, short delamination has
no effect on the critical buckling stresses. However, the presence of inner, short
delamination may significantly change the critical delamination growth stresses. If the
short delamination is above the long delamination that is located on the middle surface, the presence of the short delamination may significantly reduce the critical buckling stresses. But its effects on the critical delamination growth stresses are minor.