Prediction of fatigue life for woven GFRP composite laminates with impact damage

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.S. Shreyas ◽  
L. Jullya Naik ◽  
H.S. Shetty ◽  
N.R. Mathivanan
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Gfrp Composite

Fatigue Behavior of Impacted Carbon/Epoxy Laminates under 2-Stage Block Loading

2006 ◽  
Vol 306-308 ◽  
pp. 199-204
Author(s):  
Ki Weon Kang ◽  
Jung Kyu Kim ◽  
Yong Su Kim ◽  
Young Min Do
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Residual Life ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Equivalent Stress ◽  
Damage Parameter ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Block Loading ◽  
The Impact

The paper presents the fatigue behavior of carbon/epoxy laminates with impact-induced damage under 2-stage block loading. The impact damage parameter is proposed to evaluate the effect of impact damage on fatigue life. Based on this parameter, the model is developed to predict the residual life at second block. Also, the model for equivalent stress is proposed to estimate the fatigue life under 2-stage block loading based on the S-N curves under constant amplitude loading. For these models, the 2-stage block loading fatigue tests were performed on the impacted composite laminates. The effect of impact damage on fatigue life under 2-stage block loading can be characterized by the impact damage parameter. Additionally, the results by the present residual life prediction model agree with experimental results regardless of applied impact energy. Also, the equivalent stress and corresponding fatigue life by the present model agrees well with the experimental results.

IMPACT RESISTANCE PROPERTIES OF KEVLAR/GLASS FIBER HYBRID COMPOSITE LAMINATES

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norazean Shaari ◽  
Aidah Jumahat ◽  
M. Khafiz M. Razif
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Hybrid Composite ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Impact Behavior ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
Depth Of Penetration ◽  
Damage Degree ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, the impact behavior of Kevlar/glass fiber hybrid composite laminates was investigated by performing the drop weight impact test (ASTM D7136). Composite laminates were fabricated using vacuum bagging process with an epoxy matrix reinforced with twill Kevlar woven fiber and plain glass woven fiber. Four different types of composite laminates with different ratios of Kevlar to glass fiber (0:100, 20:80, 50:50 and 100:0) were manufactured. The effect of Kevlar/glass fiber content on the impact damage behavior was studied at 43J nominal impact energy. Results indicated that hybridization of Kevlar fiber to glass fiber improved the load carrying capability, energy absorbed and damage degree of composite laminates with a slight reduction in deflection. These results were further supported through the damage pattern analysis, depth of penetration and X-ray evaluation tests. Based on literature work, studies that have been done to investigate the impact behaviour of woven Kevlar/glass fiber hybrid composite laminates are very limited. Therefore, this research concentrates on the effect of Kevlar on the impact resistance properties of woven glass fibre reinforced polymer composites.

scholarly journals The Effect of High Glass Fiber Content and Reinforcement Combination on Pulse-Echo Ultrasonic Measurement of Composite Ship Structures

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Sang-Gyu Lee ◽  
Daekyun Oh ◽  
Jong Hun Woo
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Ultrasonic Waves ◽  
Ship Structures ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Gfrp Composite ◽  
Chopped Strand Mat ◽  
Composite Ship ◽  
Pulse Echo

Ship structures made of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite laminates are considerably thicker than aircraft and automobile structures and more likely to contain voids. The production characteristics of such composite laminates were investigated in this study by ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE). The laminate samples were produced from E-glass chopped strand mat (CSM) and woven roving (WR) fabrics with different glass fiber contents of 30–70%. Approximately 300 pulse-echo ultrasonic A-scans were performed on each sample. The laminate samples produced from only CSM tended to contain more voids compared with those produced from a combination of CSM and WR, resulting in the relative density of the former being lower than the design value, particularly for high glass fiber contents of ≥50%. The velocity of the ultrasonic waves through the CSM-only laminates was also lower for higher glass fiber contents, whereas it steadily increased for combined CSM–WR laminates. Burn-off tests of the laminates further revealed that the fabric configuration of the combined CSM–WR laminates was of higher quality, prevented the formation of voids, and improved inter-layer bonding. These findings indicate that combined CSM–WR laminates should be used to achieve more accurate ultrasonic NDE of GFRP composite structures.

Impact Damage Research of Sandwich Composite Laminates

2013 ◽  
Vol 710 ◽  
pp. 136-141
Author(s):  
Li Jun Wei ◽  
Fang Lue Huang ◽  
Hong Peng Li
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Sandwich Composite ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Compression Process ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Residual Compressive Strength ◽  
Core Materials

Sandwich composite laminates structure is a classic application of composite material on actual aircraft structural. Dealing with low-velocity impact damage and residual compressive strength of sandwich composite laminates, explicit finite element method of ABAQUS/Explicit software was adopted to simulate low-velocity impact and compression process. Impact response and invalidation on compression between sandwich composite laminates with different core materials and regular composite laminates were compared. The simulation results indicated that softer core materials can absorb more impact energy, reduce the structure damage and enhance the residual compressive strength after impact.

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