Dynamic damage analysis of a ten-layer circular composite plate subjected to low-velocity impact.

A new theoretical solution is presented to determine the stress distribution in a ten-layer simply-supported circular composite plate subjected to the low-velocity impact. The aim of the current study is the investigation of the dynamic analysis of the composite plate when a cylindrical impactor hits the top layer of the plate with an initial velocity of 1 m/s. The plate is made of two adhesive layers adhere two aluminum layers to a six-layer carbon-epoxy laminated plate. The classical non-adhesive elastic contact theory and Hunter's relationship are used to simulate the contact behavior in terms of time and contact radius. By using Hamilton's principle and Layerwise theory, thirty-two equations of motion are derived. Moreover, Johnson–Cook's criteria, the plastic simulation model, the normal stress–strain failure criterion theory were used for failure analysis of the aluminum, adhesive, and carbon-epoxy layers, respectively. The numerical method was used to solve the thirty-two differential equations of motion based on the finite difference method. Moreover, the relationship between stress and strain is re-written in the numerical code so that the failure criterion theories are satisfied. Moreover, according to the defined failure criterion for each layer, the damage is checked at the end of every time step. In addition, the damping behavior of the composite plate after applying the contact pressure caused by the impact was also investigated. The results showed that the impact resulted in residual stress in the plate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]