Behaviour of continuous fibre composite sandwich core under low-velocity impact

2021 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 107157
Author(s):  
Sartip Zangana ◽  
Jayantha Epaarachchi ◽  
Wahid Ferdous ◽  
Jinsong Leng ◽  
Peter Schubel
Keyword(s):  
Fibre Composite ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Composite Sandwich ◽  
Continuous Fibre ◽  
Sandwich Core

Low Velocity Impact Response of Composite/Sandwich Structures

2016 ◽  
Vol 725 ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumar V. Akshaj ◽  
P. Surya ◽  
M.K. Pandit
Keyword(s):  
Sandwich Structures ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Impact Response ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Composite Sandwich ◽  
Set Up

Dent resistance of structures is one of the important design parameters to consider in automotive, aerospace, packaging and transportation of fragile goods, civil engineering and marine industries. It is important to study the dynamic impact response of various combinations of skin and core materials which can provide desired fracture toughness and highest strength to weight ratio for such applications. This paper discusses the low velocity impact response of sandwich structures having unique combination of mild steel as skin material bonded to thermoplastics/PU foam as core material. HDPE, LDPE and polypropylene were the choice of thermoplastics and an optimum combination of materials for the sandwich structure was evaluated using drop-weight experimental set up. It is observed that LDPE is the best choice of core material for the sandwich structures considered.

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