scholarly journals Experimental Investigations of Impact Damage Influence on Behavior of Thin-Walled Composite Beam Subjected to Pure Bending

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kubiak ◽  
Lukasz Borkowski ◽  
Nina Wiacek

The paper deals with buckling, postbuckling, and failure of pre-damaged channel section beam subjected to pure bending. The channel section beams made of eight-layered GFRP laminate with different symmetrical layups have been considered. The specimens with initially pre-damaged web or flange were investigated to access the influence of impact damage on work of thin-walled structure in the full range of load till failure. The bending tests of initially pre-damage beams have been performed on a universal tensile machine with especially designed grips. The digital image correlation system allowing to follow the beam deflection have been employed. The experimentally obtained results are presented in graphs presenting load-deflection or load vs. angle of rotation relations and in photos presenting impact damages areas before and after bending test. The results show that the impact pre-damages have no significant influence on the work of channel section beams.

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 4184
Author(s):  
Camelia Cerbu ◽  
Stefania Ursache ◽  
Marius Florin Botis ◽  
Anton Hadăr

As hybrid carbon-aramid composites become widely used in various industries, it has become imperative to mechanically characterize them using accurate methods of measuring the entire deformation field such as the digital image correlation (DIC) method. The accuracy of the numerical simulation of carbon-aramid composite structures depends on the accuracy of the elastic constants. Therefore, the goal of this research is to model and simulate the mechanical behaviour of the composite based on epoxy resin reinforced with carbon-aramid woven fabric by considering the mechanical properties investigated by tensile test combined with DIC and the bending test. The curves of the transverse strains related to the longitudinal strains were investigated using DIC in order to determine the Poisson’s ratios in the case of tensile tests applied in warp or weft directions of the reinforcement fabric. The impact strength determined by Charpy tests is also reported. The other main objective is to use the analytical models to compute the tensile and flexural moduli of elasticity for the fictitious orthotropic materials which behave similarly to the carbon-aramid composite investigated. The simulations regarding the behaviour of the carbon-aramid composite in tensile and bending tests were validated by the experimental results, since the maximum errors recorded between experimental and theoretical results were 0.19% and 0.15% for the equivalent tensile modulus and for the equivalent flexural modulus, respectively.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. 5480
Author(s):  
Jong-Il Kim ◽  
Yong-Hak Huh ◽  
Yong-Hwan Kim

The dependency of the static residual tensile strength for the Glass Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) laminates after impact on the impact energy level and indent shape is investigated. In this study, two different laminates, unidirectional, [0°2]s) and TRI (tri-axial, (±45°/0°)2]s), were prepared using the vacuum infusion method, and an impact indent on the respective laminates was created at different energy levels with pyramidal and hemispherical impactors. Impact damage patterns, such as matrix cracking, delamination, debonding and fiber breakage, could be observed on the GFRP laminates by a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and it is found that those were dependent on the impactor head shape and laminate structure. Residual in-plane tensile strength of the impacted laminates was measured and the reduction of the strength is found to be dependent upon the impact damage patterns. Furthermore, in this study, stress concentrations in the vicinity of the indents were determined from full-field stress distribution obtained by three-dimensional Digital Image Correlation (3D DIC) measurement. It was found that the stress concentration was associated with the reduction of the residual strength for the GFRP laminates.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Lawrence Wu ◽  
Robert K. Y. Li ◽  
N. H. Yeung

Isotropic conductive adhesives (ICA) have been considered as replacement materials for lead-tin solder alloys. In this paper, the post-impact shear strength of ICA surface mount (SM) joints was obtained experimentally and compared with that of SM lead-tin joints. The dynamic impact energy was provided in the form of three-point bending on the PCB using equipment called the split Hopkinson bar. Strain rates of over 4000/s were used for the impact bending test. The action of impact bending was used to simulate the effect on the PCB and the interconnection as a result of high energy impact on an electronic equipment. Shear test was then performed to examine the change in strength of the ICA joints as a result of impact damage. It was found that the SM ICA joints failed due to impact at a strain rate just over 4000/s. Microstructural examination carried out using a scanning electron microscope revealed that the interface between the ICA and copper pad on the PCB was the weakest region of the joint.


1938 ◽  
Vol 42 (328) ◽  
pp. 302-319

It is known from both theoretical and experimental investigations that St. Venant's assumption on the constancy of the shape of the cross section of girders in pure bending does not hold true in case of thin-walled sections. The greater flexibility than calculated according to ordinary bending theory of initially curved tubes, as experimentally found by Professor Bantlin, was perfectly explained by Professor von Kármán in 1911 on the assumption of a flattening of the section.In 1927 Brazier with the aid of the variational method determined exactly that the shape of an originally circular thin-walled bent cylinder corresponding to the least potential energy is quasi elliptical and that the cross section of the cylinder, therefore, must flatten, even if the centre line of the cylinder was originally straight. In consequence of the flattening St. Venant's linear law for the curvature loses its validity and the curvature increases more rapidly than the bending moment. For a certain value of the curvature the bending moment is a maximum, and after this value was reached the curvature increases even if the applied moment remains unchanged or decreases, fulfilling thereby the criterion of instability. This instability occurs when the rate of flattening, i.e., the maximum radial displacement of any point of the circumference of the tube divided by the original radius of the tube, will equal 2/9.


2016 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Urbaniak ◽  
Jacek Świniarski ◽  
Paweł Czapski ◽  
Tomasz Kubiak

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 155892501300800
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nasr-Isfahani ◽  
Masoud Latifi ◽  
Mohammad Amani-Tehran

Fiber reinforced polymer structures typically respond very poorly to transverse impact events. In this study, some experimental investigations are performed on the low velocity impact behavior of unidirectional hollow, solid and hybrid (hollow/solid) polyester fiber composites. The materials are fabricated in a curved shape using filament winding method. The impact tests are applied on the simply supported specimens by a drop weight impact test apparatus at five levels of energy. To present a proper comparison on the results, the various densities of the materials are considered as normalizing coefficients. It is observed that in the hollow fiber composites cracks appear at an appreciably higher amount (93%) of impact energy than the solid ones.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Ruan ◽  
F. Aymerich ◽  
J. W. Tong ◽  
Z. Y. Wang

The delamination buckling and growth behaviors of a cross-ply composite laminate with damage induced by low velocity impact are investigated optically using three-dimensional digital image correlation (3D-DIC) method. For the 3D deformation measurement, the 3D-DIC setup comprised of two CCD cameras was adopted. The rectangle specimen was impacted under the impact energy of 7.0 J using a drop-weight testing machine, and the impact damage was detected by means of X-ray nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technique. The 3D deformation field measured with the optical system clearly reveals that the delamination buckling characteristic of the specimen mainly appears local deformation mode under compression after impact test. Moreover, the behavior of delamination growth evaluated by the 3D-DIC optical method reasonably agrees with the NDE observed damage result after compression.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7426
Author(s):  
Zhaohui Pei ◽  
Keke Lou ◽  
Heyu Kong ◽  
Bangwei Wu ◽  
Xing Wu ◽  
...  

It is now more popular to use basalt fibers in the engineering programs to reinforce the crack resistance of asphalt mixtures. However, research concerning the impact of the basalt fiber diameter on the macro performance of AC-13 mixtures is very limited. Therefore, in this paper, basalt fibers with three diameters, including 7, 13 and 25 μm, were selected to research the influences of fiber diameter on the crack resistance of asphalt mixtures. Different types of crack tests, such as the low temperature trabecular bending test (LTTB), the indirect tensile asphalt cracking test (IDEAL-CT), and the semi-circular bend test (SCB), were conducted to reveal the crack resistance of AC-13 mixtures. The entire cracking process was recorded through the digital image correlation (DIC) technique, and the displacement cloud pictures, strain, average crack propagation rate (V) and fracture toughness (FT) indicators were used to evaluate the crack inhibition action of the fiber diameter on the mixture. The results showed that the incorporation of basalt fiber substantially improved the crack resistance, slowed down the increase of the displacement, and delayed the fracture time. Basalt fiber with a diameter of 7 μm presented the best enhancement capability on the crack resistance of the AC-13 mixture. The flexibility index (FI) of the SCB test showed a good correlation with V and FT values of DIC test results, respectively. These findings provide theoretical advice for the popularization and engineering application of basalt fibers in asphalt pavement.


2013 ◽  
Vol 455 ◽  
pp. 279-285
Author(s):  
Xiao Xia Sun ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Rui Qi Shen ◽  
Ying Hua Ye ◽  
Li Zhi Wu

The thin-walled shell axial impact deformation of one-leg electric detonator with different density charge was studied. The impact stress was analyzed, and on the basis of kinetic theory the impact deformation model was established for the thin-walled shell filled with explosive. The experiments were verified at 60 000g, 80 000g, 100 000g and 120 000g by gas gun. The results show that shell length decreases and the plastic deformation zone diameter increases after impact. Damage deformation degree decreases with increased shell strength, reduced shell and internal charging mass summation and reduced impact velocity square. The model calculated value agrees well with the test data. The deformation model can be used to predict overload damage deformation for such detonator.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2521
Author(s):  
Nhut Phan Viet ◽  
Yukio Kitano ◽  
Yukihiro Matsumoto

In this study, the strengthening effects of different lamination conditions on carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs) for thin-walled storage tanks (TSTs) subjected to internal pressure under dynamic loads were experimentally investigated. A total of three small-scale models of TSTs were used for the investigation, including non-strengthened specimens, specimens strengthened with 0° CFRP layers, and specimens strengthened with 0°/90° CFRP layers. There were two types of tests for every specimen: the static and dynamic tests. A new experimental method using small steel balls was applied to create internal pressure in the TSTs. The results show that small steel balls could be used to increase the internal pressure compared to a normal liquid. Furthermore, the similarity rules for small-scale TSTs with small steel balls inside were also studied to consider the applicability of the models. The experimental results indicated that the CFRP layer could effectively restrain both static and dynamic hoop strains in the TSTs. Moreover, the CFRP layer could also remarkably reduce the impact of sloshing on the TST shells. The 0° CFRP layer proved to have better effects than the 0°/90° CFRP layers on the strengthening of the TSTs against dynamic loads.


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