Effect of geometry and loading fractions on energy absorbing properties of fiberglass polymer composite under quasi-static and low-velocity impact loadings

2014 ◽  
Vol 131 (19) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a
Author(s):  
Hyung-Ick Kim ◽  
Hong-Kyu Jang ◽  
Stephanie K. Lee ◽  
Jonghwan Suhr
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Energy Absorbing

scholarly journals The Low Velocity Impact Response of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Polymer Composites

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Li ◽  
Jingbiao Liu ◽  
Zhenqing Wang ◽  
Zhengwei Yu ◽  
Yanfei Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
The Impact

Polymer composites are sensitive to impact loading due to their low impact resistance. Shape memory alloy (SMA) wires have been used to improve the impact resistance of the polymer composite materials because of their unique superelasticity performance. In this study, a new SMA hybrid basalt fiber-reinforced polymer composite embedded with two perpendicular layers of superelastic SMA wires is designed and the low-velocity impact behavior is experimental investigated. For contrast, the conventional polymer composite without SMA wires is also tested as the reference laminate. The tests are carried out at three different impact energy levels (30, 60 and 90 J). Moreover, to find out indications for manufacturing of SMA hybrid composites with high impact resistance, four different SMA wires embedded modes are investigated. Visual inspection and scanning electron microscope methods are adopted to identify the damage modes of the impacted samples. Results show that the impact resistance of the hybrid laminates is improved due to the hybridization of SMA wires. The most effective impact resistance of the SMA hybrid composites can be obtained by incorporating the SMA wires with one layer between the front two plies and another layer between the bottom two plies into the composite structure.

Influence of Material on Automotive Crash-Box Crashworthiness Subjected to Low Velocity Impact

2013 ◽  
Vol 655-657 ◽  
pp. 169-172
Author(s):  
Yan Jie Liu ◽  
Chun Yan Xia ◽  
Lin Ding ◽  
Chun Hua Liu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Absorption ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Thin Walled Tube ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Energy Absorbing

Crash-box equipped at the front end of a car, is one of the most important automotive parts for crash energy absorption. In case of frontal crash accident, it is expected to be collapsed with absorbing crash energy prior to other body parts so that the damage of the main cabin frame is minimized and passengers may be saved. Crash-box usually was made a mental thin walled tube. In the paper, automobile crash-box at low-velocity impact was studied by using Finite Element Method. The FE model of the tube was validated by comparing the experimental results and FE model results. Results show that on average the difference of these was within 10％.The good correlation of results obtained show that the numerical analyses are reliable. Crash-box of carbon steel and aluminum alloy materials are compared, it indicates that the peak impact force and maximum energy absorption have certain effect to energy-absorbing component with different materials.

Predictions of Localised Damage to Concrete Caused by a Low-Velocity Impact

2021 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 103799
Author(s):  
Zireen Z.A. Majeed ◽  
Nelson T.K. Lam ◽  
Emad F. Gad
Keyword(s):  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact

Low velocity impact response and damages of GFRP composite tubes under room and cryogenic temperatures

2021 ◽  
pp. 002199832110293
Author(s):  
Memduh Kara ◽  
Mustafa Arat ◽  
Mesut Uyaner
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Filament Winding ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Composite Tubes ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Gfrp Composite ◽  
Force Time

In this paper, we have investigated the damages of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite tubes under the effect of low-velocity impact (LVI) at cryogenic environment conditions and room temperature. A GFRP composite tube consists of 6 layered E-glass/epoxy samples with a ± 55° winding angle, which produced by the filament winding method. Composite tubes either at room temperature or conditioned by liquid nitrogen at different temperature values (273 K, 223 K, 173 K, and 77 K) were impacted at 5, 7.5, and 10 J. Also, force-time and force-displacement graphs were plotted. The damaged regions of the samples were scrutinized. The damage areas of the GFRP composite tubes were smaller as the temperature decreased. However, the energy absorbed at low-temperature conditions was slightly higher than that absorbed in room temperature. Besides, no micro-cracks developed in the composite tubes after cryogenic conditioning.

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