scholarly journals Numerical and Experimental Failure Analysis of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Based Pyrotechnic Separation Device

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Mingfa Ren ◽  
Fei Weng ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Zhifeng Zhang ◽  
Zhiguo Ma ◽  
...  

Current pyrotechnic separation devices are mainly made of metal materials, limiting the capacity of lightweight design in advanced launching vehicles. With the outstanding mechanical properties, such as high mass-specific strength and modulus, carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) have the potential to replace metal materials in pyrotechnic seperaton devices. However, to improve the seperation reliability of these pyrotechnic separation devices, there still needs further understanding on the the failure mode of CFRP composites under linear shaped charge (LSC). In this paper, cutting tests were carried out on CFRPs for the failure analysis of CFRPs under LSC, and nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) was performed to characterize the evolution of LSC cutting in CFRPs. According to experimental simulation and numerical simulation, it can be found that the three main failure modes in CERPs while subjected to LSC jet are shear failure, delamination failure, and tensile failure. In the early cutting stage, the initial time of damage of the fiber and the matrix near the shaped charge shows less difference and the laminate is directly separated by the energy of high-speed jet. When the jet velocity decreases, the jet morphology collapses and matrix damages precede into the fiber, which would cause tensile failure mode of CFRPs. Meanwhile, the delamination in low jet speed stages is larger than that in the high jet speed stages. These studies on the failure modes of CFRPs under LSC provide important basis for the future design of CFRP-based pyrotechnic separation devices, which is important to the lightweight design of launching vehicles.

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2599
Author(s):  
Boyao Wang ◽  
Bin He ◽  
Zhanwen Wang ◽  
Shengli Qi ◽  
Daijun Zhang ◽  
...  

A series of hybrid fiber-reinforced composites were prepared with polyimide fiber and carbon fiber as the reinforcement and epoxy resin as the matrix. The influence of stacking sequence on the Charpy impact and flexural properties of the composites as well as the failure modes were studied. The results showed that hybrid fiber-reinforced composites yielded nearly 50% increment in Charpy impact strength compared with the ones reinforced by carbon fiber. The flexural performance was significantly improved compared with those reinforced solely by polyimide fibers and was greatly affected by the stacking sequence. The specimens with compressive sides distributed with carbon fiber possessed higher flexural strength, while those holding a sandwich-like structure with carbon fiber filling between the outer layers displayed a higher flexural modulus.


2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 514-519
Author(s):  
Jiang Sun ◽  
Blahouš Karel

By filament winding technology, a pin hole can be formed in the process of composite manufacturing through wrapped fiber tow around pin, so fiber tows around the pin hole are continued. The paper presents the failure analysis for this kind of pin hole. The experimental results and numerical results show that the pin hole has a good tensile bearing ability. According to Hashin criteria, numerical results show that main failure modes are fiber tensile failure and matrix tensile failure which are agreed with the experimental results.


2016 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 01012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian-yong Yue ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Xu-dong Zu ◽  
Zheng-xiang Huang ◽  
Zhen-yu Gao

2014 ◽  
Vol 697 ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Jian Hua Ning

Owing to the excellent mechanical properties and formability of carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites, this composite has been applied in car industry. The static and dynamic mechanical properties of the composites are investigated under strain-rate from 0.001/s to 50/s. The experimental results show that the elastic model and tensile strength increase with the increase of strain rate, and show that the composite has remarkable rate-hardening effect. A constitute model that including rate-dependent effect is applied to present the strain-stress curve of the composite. The constitute model provides accurate constitute function for finite element analysis of the composite.. The microstructure of the composite is also investigated with scanning electric microscope, and the failure modes are discussed. The investigation provides the basis for engineering application of the composite.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Su ◽  
Chunjie Li ◽  
Guojun Dong ◽  
Lei Zheng ◽  
Bing Chen

Abstract Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) is used widely in aerospace. The cutting mechanism of CFRP is markedly different from that of metals due to anisotropic and non-homogeneous material structure. The cutting mechanisms are highly dependent on the fiber orientation. The quality of the machined surface can be affected by the fiber fracture models. In this paper, based on the elastic foundation beam theory and the Hertzian contact theory, the cutting mechanics are established. And the cutting model is simulated by the three-dimensional micro-scale numerical model. Then, the continuous varying cutting mechanism and the sub-damage are deeply studied in detail by combining the cutting mechanics model and the simulation model. The results indicate that the fiber orientation θ=80° and θ=150° is the transition critical point of the fracture form. When θ=0°, the fiber failure mode is buckling-dominated. When 0°<θ<80° and 150°<θ<180°, the fiber failure mode is dominated by contact fracture. When 80°<θ<150°, the fiber failure mode is bending-dominated. The cutting mechanics model and finite element model can effectively reflect the evolution law of CFRP machined surface.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taoli Xiao ◽  
Mei Huang ◽  
Min Gao

An experimental study of a rock-like material containing a preexisting fissure subjected to loading and unloading triaxial compression is carried out, and the results show that the mechanical characteristics of the rock-like specimen depend heavily on the loading paths and the inclination of the fissure. The triaxial loading experiment results show that the failure strength linearly increases, while the residual strength linearly decreases with increasing inclination. Furthermore, specimens subjected to triaxial compression show an “X”-type shear failure mode. The triaxial unloading compression experimental results show that specimens with different inclination angles have various failure modes. Specimens with gentle inclinations show a tensile-shear mix failure mode, specimens with middle inclinations show a shear-sliding failure mode, and specimens with steep inclinations show a tensile failure mode. These findings can be used to forecast excavation-induced instabilities in deep underground engineering rock structures.


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2247-2260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Yang Pang ◽  
Gang Wu ◽  
Zhi-Long Su ◽  
Xiao-Yuan He

The failure mode is crucial to the interfacial bond performance between carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plates and steel substrates. Existing studies mainly focused on the cohesive failures in the adhesive; however, research on other types of failure modes is still limited. In this article, a series of single-shear bonded joints are prepared to investigate the bond behaviors of the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer–steel interfaces based on carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer delamination failures and hybrid failures. Three kinds of adhesives—which have different tensile strengths and elastic moduli—and two kinds of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plates—which have different interlaminar shear strengths—are used to evaluate the influencing factors of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer–steel interfaces. The three-dimensional digital image correlation technique is applied to measure the strain and the displacement on the surface of each specimen. The obtained test results include the strain distribution, the ultimate load, the failure mode, the load–slip curves, and the bond–slip relationships. For the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer delamination mode, the results show that the load at the debonding stage is closely related to the interlaminar shear strength of the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plate, and the higher the interlaminar shear strength is, the greater the load. However, for the hybrid mode, the load of the whole test process is independent of the interlaminar shear strength of the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plate.


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