Low-Energy Impact Damage Mechanism Analysis of FRC Laminates

Abstract:

Aimed at the lack of research about damage mechanism, a 3-D progressive impact damage analysis method was applied to analyze the low-energy impact damage process of T300/BMP-316 laminates with three different ply stacking sequences. The influences of ply parameters on the impact damage of laminates were researched. The impact damage mechanism was analyzed combined with the figure of impact stress in laminates. It is showed that the matrix cracking is caused by the inconsistent distortion of the matrix and fiber when the tensile stress that perpendicular to the fiber direction reaches a given value, and the delamination near to the impacted back face and front face are caused individually by the matrix cracking and the inconsistent bend stiffness between two laminas.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 650)
• Pages: 298-303
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.650.298
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Ying Xu, Wei Dong Wen, Yu Huo
• Keywords: Damage Mechanism, Impact, Laminates, Numerical Simulation, Progressive Damage

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