Compression after Impact Performance of Composite Stiffened Panels

Abstract:

Composite stiffened panels are widely used in the modern aircraft structure with the advantages of light weight, structural efficiency and good crack performance. But the stiffened panels have poor performance at thickness direction, especially for low-velocity impact. First of all, compressive tests were investigated and analyzed for two types of composite stiffened panels, which are integrated specimens and post-impact specimens. And the effect of low-velocity impact to the supporting capacity of composite stiffened panels was researched. Secondly，the finite element model was established to simulate the CAI (Compression After Impact)strength with the equivalent hole method. It is found that the analyze results match the experimental results well. According to the experimental results, structural damage and the maximum load caused by impact energy are scattering. Then the imperfect factors were introduced to reflect the initial imperfection, namely the initial deflection at thickness direction. The effect of different imperfect factors to the maximum load was discussed.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 415-417)
• Pages: 2231-2235
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.415-417.2231
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Zhe Sun, Fei Xu, Wei Xie, Bo Wang
• Keywords: Composite Material, Compression after Impact (CAI), Impact Damage (ID), Stiffened Panels

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