Orientation-dispersed pseudo-ductile hybrid composite laminates – a new lay-up concept to avoid free-edge delamination
Orientation-dispersed pseudo-ductile hybrid composite laminates – a new lay-up concept to avoid free-edge delamination
Multi-Directional hybrid composites can suffer from free-edge delamination, a damage mode that doesn't exist in Uni-Directional hybrid composites and can hinder the pseudo-ductility that can be achieved with thin-ply hybrids. This paper presents a new lay-up concept called ‘orientation-dispersed’ laminates to avoid this mode of damage in quasi-isotropic hybrids. It is shown that the energy release rates at the free-edges of orientation-dispersed layups are significantly lower than those in ‘orientation-blocked’ laminates. Finally, the experimental results from two quasi-isotropic layups with π/3 and π/4 intervals are presented showing a good pseudo-ductility with no free-edge delamination.
finite element analysis (FEA), fragmentation, hybrid composites, non-linear behaviour, stress/strain curves
232-240
Jalalvand, Meisam
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Fotouhi, Mohamad
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Wisnom, Michael R.
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1 December 2017
Jalalvand, Meisam
21ef0df8-fc7c-4466-a2fc-ee98ed3408a2
Fotouhi, Mohamad
71cada36-1cae-451d-8e3a-ab040cc7551a
Wisnom, Michael R.
93bec88e-5256-49f2-9869-5ac551e18d7a
Jalalvand, Meisam, Fotouhi, Mohamad and Wisnom, Michael R.
(2017)
Orientation-dispersed pseudo-ductile hybrid composite laminates – a new lay-up concept to avoid free-edge delamination.
Composites Science and Technology, 153, .
(doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.10.011).
Abstract
Multi-Directional hybrid composites can suffer from free-edge delamination, a damage mode that doesn't exist in Uni-Directional hybrid composites and can hinder the pseudo-ductility that can be achieved with thin-ply hybrids. This paper presents a new lay-up concept called ‘orientation-dispersed’ laminates to avoid this mode of damage in quasi-isotropic hybrids. It is shown that the energy release rates at the free-edges of orientation-dispersed layups are significantly lower than those in ‘orientation-blocked’ laminates. Finally, the experimental results from two quasi-isotropic layups with π/3 and π/4 intervals are presented showing a good pseudo-ductility with no free-edge delamination.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 October 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 October 2017
Published date: 1 December 2017
Keywords:
finite element analysis (FEA), fragmentation, hybrid composites, non-linear behaviour, stress/strain curves
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Local EPrints ID: 446787
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/446787
ISSN: 0266-3538
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