An Investigation into the Deep Drawing of Fiber-Metal Laminates based on Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene

Author(s):  
M Safari ◽  
M Salamat-Talab ◽  
A Abdollahzade ◽  
A Akhavan-Safar ◽  
LFM da Silva

The experimental assessment of the creep age forming performance of fiber metal laminates was considered in this study. To this end, different fiber metal laminates with the stacking sequence of [Al/02/Al] were manufactured using aluminum alloy 6061 sheets as skins along with E-glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene and E-glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 6 as two different cores. Next, a comprehensive investigation was conducted on the impacts of two main parameters in the creep forming process, i.e. the effect of time and temperature on the spring-back properties of deformed fiber metal laminates. Initially, using the design of experiments and based on the response surface methodology, an imposed spring-back of the creep age formed fiber metal laminates was modeled and the governing linear regression equations were derived and verified. Then, to find the best combination yielding the minimum spring-back, the process inputs (time and temperature) were optimized. The results proved that with an increase in either time or temperature, the spring-backs of the two types of creep age formed fiber metal laminates decreased due to the decrease in elastic strains and the increase of creep strains. Also, to achieve a creep age formed fiber metal laminate with minimum spring-back according to multi-objective optimization in both fiber metal laminates, the most proper values of time and temperature should be taken as 6 h and approximately 160°C, respectively.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1386-1403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Saadatfard ◽  
Mahdi Gerdooei ◽  
Abdolhossein Jalali Aghchai

It is known that fiber metal laminates as one of hybrid materials with thin metal sheets and fiber/resin layers have limited formability in conventional forming methods. This paper presents an experimental and numerical study for drawability of glass fiber-reinforced aluminum laminates under hydromechanical drawing technique. Fiber metal laminates comprised of a layer of woven glass fiber-reinforced prepreg, sandwiched between two layers of aluminum alloy. In order to produce fiber metal laminates, the laminates were subjected to a sufficient squeezing pressure under a controlled heating time and temperature by using a hydraulic hot press. A hydromechanical tooling equipped with blank-holder force and fluid pressure control system was used to form the initial circular fiber metal laminate blank. Finally, the effect of parameters such as pre-bulging pressure, final chamber pressure, and drawing ratio on process variables was evaluated. Also, the characteristic curve of hydromechanical drawing of fiber metal laminate i.e. chamber pressure in terms of drawing ratio was achieved by means of experimental tests and numerical simulations. The results showed that the maximum drawing ratio of defect-free fiber metal laminates, namely without any tearing, wrinkling, and delamination was obtained at pre-bulging and chamber pressure of 35 and 80 bar, respectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol 883 ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Lucia Lizzul ◽  
Marco Sorgato ◽  
Andrea Ghiotti ◽  
Stefania Bruschi

When fabricating fiber metal laminates, the joining between the metal sheet and the composite is affected by the chemical and mechanical properties at the interface. To this end, this study investigated the influence of different induced-surface characteristics of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheets when joint with glass fiber reinforced polyamide 6. The treatments, carried out to modify the AZ31B surfaces, were annealing, sandblasting, and their combination. The mechanical and chemical interlocking at the metal-composite interface was assessed in terms of macroscopic and microscopic defects as well as lap shear strength. The obtained results indicated that the joint effectiveness was mainly affected by the annealing treatment, which induced both a chemical and morphological modification of the surface. The formed oxide layer at the interface, combined with surface topography modification, were capable to increase the lap shear strength up to 87%.


Procedia CIRP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 338-341
Author(s):  
Eduardo Pires Bonhin ◽  
Sarah David-Müzel ◽  
Erick Siqueira Guidi ◽  
Edson Cocchieri Botelho ◽  
Marcos Valério Ribeiro

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianjun Liu ◽  
Benjamin Liaw ◽  
Manish Pamwar

Abstract Fiber-metal laminated cantilever beams, made of glass-fiber reinforced GLARE and aramid-fiber reinforced ARALL laminates interlaced with aluminum layers, were first excited by a shaker at various frequencies surrounding resonances. Dynamic Young’s moduli and damping ratios were then evaluated using both free-vibration (resonance) and forced-vibration (non-resonance) schemes. Results from both schemes are in good agreement. Compared to aluminum alloys, the dynamic Young’s moduli of fiber-metal laminates are relatively lower. For all types of fiber-metal laminates tested in this study, their values are almost constant within an excitation frequency range up to 5,000 Hz whereas the damping ratios oscillate within a narrow range of 0 to 0.02. The obtained dynamic moduli are in excellent agreement with their static counterparts. Better results were obtained when using a strain gage near the clamped end, as compared to a piezoelectric accelerometer at the tip.


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