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An experimental and numerical investigation on the low velocity impact response of thermoplastic hybrid composites.
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Journal of Composite Materials . Mar2018, Vol. 52 Issue 7, p877-889. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper presented an experimental and numerical investigation on the low velocity impact response of thermoplastic hybrid composites reinforced with Kevlar/basalt fabrics. Two hybrid and one Kevlar homogeneous composite laminates were manufactured with polypropylene as a resin. In the hybrid composites, one hybrid composite (H-1) was manufactured with alternate stacking of four layers of basalt and four layers of Kevlar and the second hybrid composite (H-2) was manufactured with four Kevlar layers on front face and four basalt layers on back face. Low velocity impact tests were performed using a drop-weight impact equipment at three different energies (25J, 50J and 75J). Among the two hybrid composites H-1 hybrid composite exhibited 15.58-20.79% and 13.47-20.47% improvement in the peak force and energy absorption, respectively, than the H-2 hybrid composite. The peak force and energy absorption of Kevlar homogeneous composite was also improved by 10.07-14.37% and 5.38-11.29%, respectively, due to hybridization. A three dimensional (3D) dynamic finite element software, Abaqus/Explicit, was implemented to simulate the experimental results of low velocity impact tests. A user-defined material subroutine (VUMAT) based on Chang-Chang linear-orthotropic damage model was implemented into the finite element code. The predictions from numerical simulation were found to be in good agreement with the experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219983
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Composite Materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128661791
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317714043