The high strain rate tension behaviour of pseudo-ductile high performance thin ply composites

Fotouhi, Mohamad and Fuller, Jonathan and Longana, Marco and Jalalvand, Meisam and Wisnom, Michael R. (2019) The high strain rate tension behaviour of pseudo-ductile high performance thin ply composites. Composite Structures, 215. pp. 365-376. ISSN 0263-8223 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.02.068)

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Abstract

In this study the effect of strain rate in tension on two different types of thin-ply pseudo-ductile laminates is reported. These comprised Unidirectional (UD) and quasi-isotropic (QI) hybrids made from low strain thin-ply carbon/epoxy and high strain glass/epoxy prepreg and all-carbon laminates made from thin-ply [±ϴ/0]s laminates referred to as angle-ply (AP) composites. Laminates were designed and subjected to a range of cross-head speeds from 2 mm/min (0.0003 s −1 ) to 10 m/s (100 s −1 ). The designed laminates were made from single or hybrids of low strain and high strain unidirectional prepregs, i.e. thin-ply Carbon/epoxy and Glass/epoxy, respectively. Dynamic stress-strain plots and details of the damage mechanisms were obtained for each sample and compared with the quasi-static test results. The investigated thin-ply UD and QI hybrid composite laminates showed excellent pseudo-ductility at different strain rates, whereas the AP laminates were strain rate dependent and pseudo-ductility decreased with increasing strain rate.

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Fotouhi, Mohamad, Fuller, Jonathan, Longana, Marco, Jalalvand, Meisam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4691-6252 and Wisnom, Michael R.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:67429
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 May 2019
    Published
    19 February 2019
    Published Online
    18 February 2019
    Accepted
    Keywords:angle-ply, high strain rate, hybrid, pseudo-ductility, quasi-isotropic, thin-ply, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Ceramics and Composites, Civil and Structural Engineering
    Subjects:Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:26 Mar 2019 15:12
    Last modified:01 Oct 2022 22:17
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/67429
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