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Effects of Stacking Sequence and Impactor Diameter on Impact Damage of Glass Fiber Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Laminate

by Zhengong Zhou¹, Shuang Tian¹, Jiawei Zhang³

1 Center for Composite Materials, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
2 Corresponding author E-mail: hit_ts@163.com
3 Beijing Institute of Mechanical Equipment, Beijing, P. R. China

Computers, Materials & Continua 2016, 52(2), 105-121. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmc.2016.052.105

Abstract

The methods of numerical simulation and test are combined to analyze the impact behavior of glass fiber reinforced aluminum alloy laminate (GLARE). A new failure criteria is proposed to obtain the impact failure of GLARE, and combined with material progressive damage method by writing code of LS-DYNA. Low velocity impact test of GLARE is employed to validate the feasibility of the finite element model established. The simulation results have been shown that progressive damage finite element model established is reliable. Through the application of the finite element model established, the delamination of GLARE evolution progress is simulated, various failure modes of GLARE during impact are obtained, and the effects of stacking sequence and impactor diameter on the impact damage of GLARE are obtained.

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