Studies on Low-Velocity Impact Damage of Metal Ion Implanted Composite Laminates
composite laminates, metal ion implantation, low-velocity impact damage, BVID Abstract. Metal ion implantation was carried out on composite laminates to modify the surface properties, so that after low-velocity impact barely visible impact damage (BVID) was easy to realize. Surface topography of laminates was observed by SEM. Microhardness and drop-weight impact was tested on composite laminates. The results showed that after metal ion implantation microhardness of laminates increased obviously and resin was easy to generate plastic deforming. Dent depth had been improved so as to realize visible impact damage more easily. And compression-after-impact (CAI) had not decreased. Comparison with Ti ion implantation, Cu ion implantation had better influence on realizing visible impact damage (VID).