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Micro CT analysis of dynamic damage in laminates: impact vs. blast loading

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posted on 2017-08-03, 13:44 authored by Laurence A. Coles, Anish RoyAnish Roy, Vadim SilberschmidtVadim Silberschmidt
Dynamic loading is often an unavoidable condition in various applications of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers and can cause various modes of damage. Realisation of dynamic damage in composites can differ significantly from that under quasi-static loading conditions. A comprehensive study of damage in composites caused by a wide variety of impact and blast loading is currently lacking. The work presents a detailed analysis of damage in specimens of a 2×2 twill weave T300 carbon-fibre/epoxy composite subjected to ballistic loading with both steel and ice projectiles (with energies from 95 J to 865 J at 70-90 m/s and 300-500 m/s, respectively) and air blast (with incident pressures of 0.4 MPa, 0.6 MPa and 0.8 MPa and wave speeds between 650 m/s and 950 m/s). The resultant damage was analysed in-depth based on detailed volumetric data obtained with high-resolution X-ray micro computed tomography.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volume

842

Issue

1

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COLES, L.A., ROY, A. and SILBERSCHMIDT, V.V., 2017. Micro CT analysis of dynamic damage in laminates: impact vs. blast loading. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 842 (1), 012077.

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IOP Publishing

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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2017

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by IOP under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

ISSN

1742-6588

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1742-6596

Language

  • en

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