Atlas de fractographie des composites

Fractography deals with the microscopic study of the fracture surfaces of a structure in order to define the initiation and the propagation of the damage and then the failure history of the structure (stress, environment ...). Today, we are able to identify the causes of the failure of metallic parts based on pictures of typical fracture surfaces, but there is nothing similar for composite materials. However, the increasing amount of literature devoted to fractography, as well as the constitution of "brain storming" groups on a European level confirm scientific interest in this fracture analysis mode that permits a better understanding of the existing relationship between the material's microscopic structure and its macroscopic mechanical behaviour. In this context, it seemed interesting to develop a tool collecting a maximum of fractographic data.