Impact damage response of carbon fibre-reinforced aerospace composite panels

Hamed Yazdani Nezhad; Anthony Auffray; Conor T. McCarthy; Ronan O'Higgins

Impact damage response of carbon fibre-reinforced aerospace composite panels

Hamed Yazdani Nezhad, Anthony Auffray, Conor T. McCarthy, Ronan O'Higgins

School of Engineering

University of Limerick

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Abstract

This research looks into the damage response and energy absorption behaviour of unidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite panels subjected to low-velocity impact events. The response of CFRP composite materials with thermoset (TS) resin and thermoplastic (TP) PEEK polymer matrix are investigated. Evolution of impact force and absorbed energy with time during impact are presented for each TS and TP panel. Comparisons are provided between damage area obtained optically and using C-scanning technique. The investigations are based on the scanned images along with the characteristic force and absorbed energy curves for two material systems with TS and TP polymers, having similar stacking sequences, carbon volume fraction and thickness.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	20th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2015 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 19 Jul 2015 → 24 Jul 2015

Conference

Conference	20th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2015
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	19/07/15 → 24/07/15

Keywords

Delamination
Energy dissipation
Fibre-reinforced composite
Low-velocity impact
Thermoplastic

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