Crashworthiness of GFRP composite tubes after aggressive environmental aging in seawater and soil

2022 ◽  
pp. 115105
Author(s):  
Tamer Ali Sebaey
Keyword(s):  
Composite Tubes ◽  
Gfrp Composite ◽  
Environmental Aging

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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