Numerical Procedures for Damage Mechanisms Analysis in CFRP Composites

Abstract:

Damage after impact often involves aeronautic structures. The aircraft can be involved in impacts during the assembly stage and operative life. Typical impacts can be related to falling tools, hailstones, debris on the take-off strip thrown against the aircraft by the rolling tyres, maintenance operations. There are two categories of damage impact: Low and High Velocity Impact (LVI, HVI). Damages coming from low velocity impacts are difficult to identify because they are often within the composite structure and the use of non-destructive testing, e.g. ultrasonic test, is not convenient. In order to prevent catastrophic events the designers must increase the safety margin and thereby the weight of the aircraft. The present study shows two different numerical procedures based on finite elements method to investigate on some damage mechanisms of a carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) structures (e.g. interface debonding, fibre or matrix cracking) and the residual strength of such structures under live loads.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 569-570)
• Pages: 111-118
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.569-570.111
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Francesco Caputo, Di Felice Gennaro, Giuseppe Lamanna, Antonio Lefons, Aniello Riccio
• Keywords: Damage Mechanism, Low Velocity Impact (LVI), Structural Composites

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