scholarly journals Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composites for Improving Impact Properties

2021 ◽  
pp. X
Author(s):  
Chuanliang SHEN ◽  
Xiaodong XU ◽  
Xiaoyu MA ◽  
Yibo HU ◽  
Shan ZHANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Composite Plate ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
Impact Response ◽  
Impact Properties ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the method to improve the property that can decrease the impact response of composite plate. Embedding the super-elastic shape memory alloy wires into composite plates has increased the attention of material researchers. Super-elastic shape memory alloy has the properties of absorbing mechanical energy, large recoverable deformation and so on. In this study, experiments were conducted to analyze the impact properties of composite plates with Ni-Ti SMA wires. Composite plates with Ni-Ti SMA wires and without Ni-Ti SMA wires were subjected to two impacts respectively. This study measured the responses of two impacts. The results showed that the composite plate with Ni-Ti SMA wires were subjected to a second impact with a peak deflection of 5.47 mm, which was only 0.22 mm larger than the first impact. The relevant data of the composite plate without Ni-Ti SMA wires were 9.02 mm, 1.22 mm, and serious damage occurred. It was verified that the Ni-Ti SMA wires improved the impact resistance of the composite plate. After studying the impact tests of variable diameters of SMA wires embedded at the low layer of composite plate, it was shown that as the diameter of SMA wires increased, the impact resistance of composite plates was improved.

scholarly journals The Low Velocity Impact Response of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Polymer Composites

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Li ◽  
Jingbiao Liu ◽  
Zhenqing Wang ◽  
Zhengwei Yu ◽  
Yanfei Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
The Impact

Polymer composites are sensitive to impact loading due to their low impact resistance. Shape memory alloy (SMA) wires have been used to improve the impact resistance of the polymer composite materials because of their unique superelasticity performance. In this study, a new SMA hybrid basalt fiber-reinforced polymer composite embedded with two perpendicular layers of superelastic SMA wires is designed and the low-velocity impact behavior is experimental investigated. For contrast, the conventional polymer composite without SMA wires is also tested as the reference laminate. The tests are carried out at three different impact energy levels (30, 60 and 90 J). Moreover, to find out indications for manufacturing of SMA hybrid composites with high impact resistance, four different SMA wires embedded modes are investigated. Visual inspection and scanning electron microscope methods are adopted to identify the damage modes of the impacted samples. Results show that the impact resistance of the hybrid laminates is improved due to the hybridization of SMA wires. The most effective impact resistance of the SMA hybrid composites can be obtained by incorporating the SMA wires with one layer between the front two plies and another layer between the bottom two plies into the composite structure.

Effect of long-term moisture exposure on impact response of glass-reinforced vinylester

2021 ◽  
pp. 147509022199616
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Alizadeh ◽  
Navid Kharghani ◽  
Carlos Guedes Soares
Keyword(s):  
Water Uptake ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
Impact Response ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Water Type ◽  
Interfacial Damage ◽  
Impact Properties ◽  
The Impact

Glass/Vinylester composite laminates are comprehensively characterised to assess its impact response behaviour under moisture exposure in marine structures. An instrumented drop weight impact machine is utilised to determine the impact responses of dry and immersed specimens in normal, salted and sea water. The specimens, which had three different thicknesses, were subjected to water exposure for a very long period of over 20 months before tested in a low-velocity impact experiment. Water uptake was measured primarily to study the degradation profiles of GRP laminates after being permeated by water. Matrix dissolution and interfacial damage observed on the laminates after prolonged moisture exposure while the absorption behaviour was found typically non-Fickian. The weight of the composite plates firstly increased because of water diffusion up to month 15 and then decreased due to matrix degradation. The specimens with 3, 6 and 9 mm thickness exhibited maximum water absorption corresponding to 2.6%, 0.7% and 0.5% weight gain, respectively. In general, the results indicated that water uptake and impact properties were affected by thickness and less by water type. Impact properties of prolonged immersed specimens reduced remarkably, and intense failure modes detected almost in all cases. The least sensitive to impact damage were wet specimens with 9 mm thickness as they indicated similar maximum load and absorbed energy for different impact energies.

Vibration Characteristics of Composite Plate Embedded with Shape Memory Alloy at Elevated Temperature

2013 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 655-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izzuddin Zaman ◽  
Bukhari Manshoor ◽  
Amir Khalid ◽  
Sherif Araby ◽  
Mohd Imran bin Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Composite Plate ◽  
Free Vibration Analysis ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
Vibration Characteristics ◽  
Modal Testing ◽  
Phase Transformation Temperature ◽  
Wide Range

Unique functional material of shape memory alloy has attracted tremendous interest from researches, thus has been broadly investigated for a wide range application. Current research effort extends the use of SMA for the design of smart composite structures due to its shape memory effect, pseudo-elasticity and high damping capability. This paper presents an assessment of applications of the SMA materials for structural vibration controls, where the influences of SMA as reinforcement in the composite plate at different temperature are investigated. Four cases of composite plate are studied, which two of them are SMA-based composite fabricated at 0° and 45° angles, and the other two plates are neat (without SMA wires) and built with local stiffener. By using modal testing, the free vibration analysis is carried out to determine the vibration characteristics of composite plates. The results show that infusing SMA wires into composites increased the natural frequencies of the plate considerably, while decreased slightly for damping percentage. However, when SMA wires are heated, the damping percentage improved tremendously due to the phase transformation temperature of SMA from martensite to austenite. The outcome of this study reveals the potential of SMA materials in active vibration control.

Low-velocity impact response in composite plates embedding shape memory alloy wires

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 655-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvio Pappadà ◽  
Rocco Rametta ◽  
Alessandro Largo ◽  
Alfonso Maffezzoli
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
Impact Response ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact

scholarly journals Analysis of the Impact Dynamics of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composites for Advanced Applications

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Guida ◽  
Andrea Sellitto ◽  
Francesco Marulo ◽  
Aniello Riccio
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Carbon Fibre ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Lower Velocity ◽  
Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic ◽  
The Impact

In this work, the behaviour of thermoplastic composites and Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composites (SMAHCs) for aeronautical applications is analysed and compared by means of findings from numerical analyses and experimental tests. At first, experimental tests are performed by using a drop tower facility on both carbon fibre reinforced plastic samples and Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) samples hybridized with shape memory alloy materials. The materials properties and the different lower velocity impacts behaviours are simulated and validated by means of numerical models discretized in LS-Dyna explicit solver. For both configurations, the deformation mechanism for low intensity impacts, the absorbed energy, and the effect of rebounding upon the velocity change, and hence the amount of force, are investigated. Then, a configuration is prepared to withstand higher-energy impacts. Finally, the numerical analysis is extended for an innovative layup adapted on an aeronautical structure, which is subjected to the bird-strike phenomenon at 180 m/s and with an impacting mass of 1.8 kg according to the airworthiness requirements. In this study, SMAHCs are used to improve the composite impact response and energy absorption thanks to the superelastic effect.

Impact Damage Resistance of Glass/Epoxy Laminates with Embedded Shape Memory Alloy

2007 ◽  
Vol 345-346 ◽  
pp. 1529-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki Weon Kang ◽  
H.J. Kim ◽  
J.H. Kim ◽  
Heung Seob Kim ◽  
Yong Su Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Impact Testing ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Damage Resistance ◽  
The Impact

This paper deals with the damage resistance of glass/epoxy laminates with embedded shape memory alloy (SMA) subjected to low-velocity impact at various temperatures. For this goal, the impact tests were performed by using an instrumented impact-testing machine at three temperatures: +20°C, -10°C and -40°C. And the resultant damages were inspected through the scanning acoustic microscope (SAM). Also, based on the impact force history and the damage configuration, the impact resistance parameters were employed to evaluate damage resistance of laminates with embedded SMA wires. As results, it was found that the damage resistance of glass/epoxy laminates with embedded SMA wires is dependent on the service temperature.

Analysis of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composite Plates under Low Velocity Impact

2014 ◽  
Vol 575 ◽  
pp. 473-476
Author(s):  
Yu Liang Chen ◽  
Hung Wen Chen ◽  
Ying Chih Lin
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Hybrid Composite ◽  
Composite Plate ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Laminated Plate ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Hybrid Composite Plate ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents the analysis of smart hybrid composite plate with embedded shape memory alloy (SMA) wires subjected to low-velocity impact. The SMA wires were embedded within the layers of the composite laminates and the numerical calculation was used in the impact analyses of the laminated hybrid composite plate. The laminated plate theory, first-order shear deformation theory and minimal potential energy principle was utilized to solve the governing equations of the hybrid composite plate analytically. Energy absorption of hybrid composites can be successfully analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results indicated that temperature effect is significant during the transition phase and SMA can effectively improve impact-resistance of the hybrid composite laminated plate. In addition, this hybrid structure is an advanced design concepts that can strengthen the impact resistance capability and enhance the carrying loading efficiency of the structure.

Design and Optimization of a Shape Memory Alloy-Based Self-Folding Sheet

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Peraza-Hernandez ◽  
Darren Hartl ◽  
Edgar Galvan ◽  
Richard Malak
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Passive Layer ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Folding Angle ◽  
The Impact

Origami engineering—the practice of creating useful three-dimensional structures through folding and fold-like operations on two-dimensional building-blocks—has the potential to impact several areas of design and manufacturing. In this article, we study a new concept for a self-folding system. It consists of an active, self-morphing laminate that includes two meshes of thermally-actuated shape memory alloy (SMA) wire separated by a compliant passive layer. The goal of this article is to analyze the folding behavior and examine key engineering tradeoffs associated with the proposed system. We consider the impact of several design variables including mesh wire thickness, mesh wire spacing, thickness of the insulating elastomer layer, and heating power. Response parameters of interest include effective folding angle, maximum von Mises stress in the SMA, maximum temperature in the SMA, maximum temperature in the elastomer, and radius of curvature at the fold line. We identify an optimized physical realization for maximizing folding capability under mechanical and thermal failure constraints. Furthermore, we conclude that the proposed self-folding system is capable of achieving folds of significant magnitude (as measured by the effective folding angle) as required to create useful 3D structures.

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