Three-dimensional woven carbon fibre polymer composite beams and plates under ballistic impact
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Article Title | Three-dimensional woven carbon fibre polymer composite beams and plates under ballistic impact |
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ERA Journal ID | 3731 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Turner, Paul (Author), Liu, Tao (Author), Zeng, Xuesen (Author) and Brown, Kevin (Author) |
Journal Title | Composite Structures |
Journal Citation | 185, pp. 483-495 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0263-8223 |
1879-1085 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.10.091 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263822317326661 |
Abstract | Clamped rectangular orthogonal 3D woven carbon composite beams under ballistic impact at a velocity range View the MathML source were investigated in order to understand the damage mechanisms within the material and the role of through-the-thickness (TTT) reinforcement. Experimental tests revealed three distinct categories of beam response: (i) low velocity impacts (View the MathML source) which featured projectile rebound, with dominant matrix cracking and localised fibre fracture, (ii) medium velocity impact (View the MathML source) which exhibited a stretch-deformation dominated failure mechanism, and (iii) higher velocity impacts (View the MathML source) which resulted in projectile penetration, combined with longitudinal fibre fracture at the centre of the sample. Finite element (FE) simulations were conducted to understand the experimental outcomes, which showed sufficient fidelity and captured the three distinct beam response regimes. The presence of the TTT-reinforcement can suppress the inter-laminar matrix crack propagation and increase the material ballistic impact resistance for low velocity impact and high velocity impact. However, for medium velocity impact, the in-plane fibre fracture surface was found to be at the locations of TTT-reinforcement. This may suggest that the TTT-reinforcement may create weak points for the stretch-deformation dominated failure mechanism. The verified FE simulations were conducted to predict the multi-hit ballistic impact limit surfaces for the clamped circular 3D woven composite plates, and for the equivalent laminate composite without the presence of the TTT reinforcement. The numerical results suggested the presence of TTT reinforcement could improve the multi-hit ballistic resistance of the composite plates for multi-hit scenarios where the initial impact being 50% - 95% of the ballistic limit of the plates. |
Keywords | 3D woven composites; ballistic impact experiment; multi-hit; finite element; failure mechanism |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401602. Composite and hybrid materials |
400101. Aerospace materials | |
401707. Solid mechanics | |
401706. Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Centre for Future Materials | |
R&T and Composite Fan Impact Group, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q476v/three-dimensional-woven-carbon-fibre-polymer-composite-beams-and-plates-under-ballistic-impact
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