Prediction of low‐velocity impact dent for composite laminates based on an anisotropic elastoplastic damage model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian Ouyang ◽  
Rui Bao ◽  
Riming Tan ◽  
Wei Sun
Author(s):  
Junjie Zhou ◽  
Shengnan Wang

In this paper, a progressive damage model for studying the dynamic mechanical response and damage development of composite laminates under low-velocity impact was established. The model applied the Hashin and Hou failure criteria to predict the initiation of intra-laminar damage (fiber and matrix damage); a linear degradation scheme combined with the equivalent displacement method was adopted to simulate the damage development; a cohesive zone model with the bilinear traction-separation relationship was used to predict delamination. A user material subroutine VUMAT was coded, and the simulation analysis of carbon fiber reinforcement composite laminates subjected to 25 J impact was performed via commercial software ABAQUS. The predicted impact force-time curve, impact force-displacement curve, and damage distribution contours among the layers were in a good agreement with the experimental, which verified the proposed model. According to the simulation results, the fiber damage and matrix damage were analyzed, and the expansion of delamination was discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 387 ◽  
pp. 185-188
Author(s):  
Jian Yu Zhang ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Li Bin Zhao ◽  
Bin Jun Fei

A progressive damage model (PDM) composed by 3D FEM, Hashin and Ye failure criteria and Changs degradation rules was established to deeply understand the failure of a new material system CCF300/5428 under low velocity impact. User defined subroutines were developed and embedded into the general FEA software package to carry out the failure analysis. Numerical simulations provide more information about the failure of composite laminates under low velocity impact, including initial damage status, damage propagation and final failure status. The history of the impact point displacement and various damage patterns were detailed studied.


2020 ◽  
pp. 073168442097064
Author(s):  
Di Zhang ◽  
Xitao Zheng ◽  
Jin Zhou ◽  
Wenxuan Zhang

A finite element (FE) model based on fiber kinking and a transversal fracture angle damage model with cohesive elements are proposed to simulate the low-velocity impact (LVI) and compression after impact (CAI), and build a relationship between LVI energy and CAI strength of composites. The proposed FE model is validated by a comprehensive experimental work conducted using a high strength carbon fiber/epoxy material system i.e. CCF300/BA9916II and underwent LVI and CAI experimentation.  The relative errors between numerical and experimental results of LVI damage area, maximum impact force, impact time, as well as CAI strength are less than 5%. The FE analysis results of LVI show that the dominant damage mode is delamination, and the CAI results demonstrate a brittle behavior with almost no loss of stiffness before failure. It is further deduced that the relationship of LVI energy and damage induced is directly proportional initially; however, after a threshold level of impact energy, the curve turns horizontal so that the increase in further impact energy does not increase the damage area substantially. A similar relationship is developed between impact energy and CAI strength.


2012 ◽  
Vol 525-526 ◽  
pp. 393-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Hao Ma ◽  
Fei Xu

This paper proposed a composite damage model including the damage initiation and evolution based on strain to predict the composite intralaminar damage under impact loading. In the numerical simulation, the user material subroutine VUMAT and the cohesive-zone model are chosen to describe the composite damage model and the delamination of interfaces between different plies. ABAQUS software is used to simulate the low-velocity impact of different thickness composite laminates. It is found that the delamination shape and area, the contact force and the deflection of the impactor obtained by the numerically simulation agree well with the experimental results.


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