• Title/Summary/Keyword: composite laminate structure

Search Result 122, Processing Time 0.031 seconds

The Influence of Repeated Loading Cycles on Strength Ratio of Carbon/Epoxy Composite Laminates (Carbon/Epoxy 복합재료 적층판의 반복하중에 따른 강도계수의 변화에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Doo-Hwan;Kim, Young-Feel
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
    • /
    • v.24 no.3
    • /
    • pp.19-24
    • /
    • 2009
  • Currently the technique of composite material field is developed day by day. The many kinds industrial facility and life articles are coming to make with the composite material. But still the engineering works field the building and the bridge uses the material which is old era and is making. To here there is a various problem but the biggest problem the theory of the composite material is complicated too and means that the application is been delayed about constructive structure. When the composite material is used widely from constructive field, too with difficult theory in technical expert and easily with the research for the experiment data accumulation is necessary. The tensile and fatigue test of the carbon/epoxy which is a high-class composite material led from the present paper consequently and the change of the intensity coefficient which follows in repeated load researched.

Static Compressive Strength of Thick Unidirectional Carbon Fiber - Epoxy Laminate (두꺼운 일방향 탄소섬유-에폭시 적층판의 정적 압축 강도 연구)

  • Lee, J.;Soutis, C.;Gong, Chang-Deok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
    • /
    • 2005.11a
    • /
    • pp.61-65
    • /
    • 2005
  • Existing test methods for thick-section specimens ( 4mm) have not provided precise compressive properties to date for the analysis and design of thick structure. A survey of the failure behaviour of such thick specimens revealed that the failure initiated at the top corner of the specimen and propagated down and across the width of the specimen as premature failure, not typically reported for thin compression specimens. In the current study, the premature failure was successfully avoided during compressive testing and the failure mode was quite similar regardless of increasing specimen thickness and specimen volume. Failure mode was similar regardless of increasing specimen thickness and specimen volume, i.e. brooming failure mode combined with longitudinal splitting, interlaminar cracking, fibre breakage and kinkband formation (fibre microbuckling). Nevertheless, average failure strengths of the specimens decreased with increasing specimen thicnkiness from 2mm to 8mm with the T800/924C system (36% strength reduction) and specimen volumes from scaling factor I to scaling factor 4 with the IM7/8552 system (46% strength reduction). It was revealed from the literature$^{11}$ that the thickness effect and scaling effect arc caused by manufacturing defects such as void content and fibre waviness.

  • PDF

Axial buckling response of fiber metal laminate circular cylindrical shells

  • Bidgoli, Ali M. Moniri;Heidari-Rarani, Mohammad
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
    • /
    • v.57 no.1
    • /
    • pp.45-63
    • /
    • 2016
  • Fiber metal laminates (FMLs) represent a high-performance family of hybrid materials which consist of thin metal sheets bonded together with alternating unidirectional fiber layers. In this study, the buckling behavior of a FML circular cylindrical shell under axial compression is investigated via both analytical and finite element approaches. The governing equations are derived based on the first-order shear deformation theory and solved by the Navier solution method. Also, the buckling load of a FML cylindrical shell is calculated using linear eigenvalue analysis in commercial finite element software, ABAQUS. Due to lack of experimental and analytical data for buckling behavior of FML cylindrical shells in the literature, the proposed model is simplified to the full-composite and full-metal cylindrical shells and buckling loads are compared with the available results. Afterwards, the effects of FML parameters such as metal volume fraction (MVF), composite fiber orientation, stacking sequence of layers and geometric parameters are studied on the buckling loads. Results show that the FML layup has the significant effect on the buckling loads of FML cylindrical shells in comparison to the full-composite and full-metal shells. Results of this paper hopefully provide a useful guideline for engineers to design an efficient and economical structure.

Effect of the composite patch beveling on the reduction of stresses in 2024-T3 Aluminum structure damaged and repaired by composite, hybrid patch repair

  • Belhoucine, A.;Madani, K.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
    • /
    • v.82 no.1
    • /
    • pp.17-30
    • /
    • 2022
  • The use of composite patches for the reduction of stresses at the level of the damaged zone in aeronautical structures has experienced rapid expansion given its advantages over conventional mechanical processes (riveting, bolting, etc.). Initially, The research axes in this field were aimed at choosing suitable mechanical properties for the composite and the adhesive, then to optimize the shape of the composite patch in order to ensure good load transfer and avoid having a debonding at the level of the edges essentially for the case of a repair by single side where the bending moment is present due to the non-symmetry of the structure. Our work falls within this context; the objective is to analyze by the finite element method the fracture behavior of a damaged plate repaired by composite patch. Stress reduction at the edge is accomplished by creating a variable angle chamfer on the composite patch. The effects of the crack length, the laminate sequence and the nature of the patch as well as the use of a hybrid patch were investigated. The results show clearly that a beveled patch reduces the stress concentrations in the damaged area and even at its edges. The hybrid patch also ensures good durability of the repair by optimizing its stacking sequence and the location of the different layers according to the fibers orientations.

Enhancement of Mechanical Properties in Microlaminate Composite materials Produces by Physical Vapor Deposition

  • Kwon, Sik-Chol;Rha, Jong-Joo;Beck, Woon-Seung
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
    • /
    • v.6 no.S1
    • /
    • pp.80-88
    • /
    • 1997
  • The attempt to enhance the strength of materials has been an important subject for materials engineering and scientists. The strength of materials is termed as the ability to support high load without excessive deformation and without breaking catastrophically. The control of dislocation densities and barriers to the movement of dislocations have been considered to be the important methods for the strengthening materials. One of the approaches is mechanical blocking of dislocations by alternately depositing material layers. The typical structure of materials is multilayered and laminated composites. The thickness of each layer is typically in the range of nanometer. Ton avoid confusion with other terminology they may be defined as microlaminate composite materials. The manufacturing process of multilayered laminate structure will be introduced. And the current theoretical theories will be reviewed in view of strengthening of microlaminte composite materials.

  • PDF

Delamination detection in composite laminates using tapping test and wavelet transform (태핑시험과 웨이블릿 변환을 이용한 복합적층판의 층간분리 검출)

  • Kim, Sung Joon;Hwang, In Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
    • /
    • 2013.10a
    • /
    • pp.214-215
    • /
    • 2013
  • The tapping test has simplicity of procedure for detection of the damage in aircraft structure. However, the result of tapping test depends on the subjective experience of inspector. In this paper, more objective tapping test has proposed. The impact force histories and tapping sounds are used as reference data to evaluate the delamination. The WT(wavelet transform) is used to decompose the test data. From the results, we could know that high frequency components of force and sound are reduced due to delamination in composite laminate. On these results, the tapping force and sound caused by tapping could be used for the reference data to evaluate the delamination in composite structure.

  • PDF

Optimization of Fiber Ratio in Laminated Composites for Development of Three-dimensional Preform T-beam Structure (3차원 프리폼 T-빔 구조물의 개발을 위한 적층복합재료 섬유비율의 최적화)

  • Lee, Dong-Woo;Kim, Chang-Uk;Byun, Joon-Hyung;Song, Jung-Il
    • Composites Research
    • /
    • v.30 no.5
    • /
    • pp.297-302
    • /
    • 2017
  • Finite element analysis of T-beam laminate structure under bending-torsional loading was conducted to prevent the delamination which is the major failure behavior on laminated composites. Three-dimensional preform, which is that fabric is braided through thickness direction, is suggested from the laminate analysis. The analysis aimed to optimize the fiber ratio in laminated composites. After it is suggested that guideline for design of T-beam structure using commercial software ANSYS Composites PrePost. The results show that strength of T-beam structure is increased 21.6% when the fiber density along with beam length direction is two times bigger than transverse direction. It is expected that development of high strength T-beam structure using designed three-dimensional preform.

Measurement of CTE Change in a Composite Laminate with Aging under Space Environment using Fiber Optic Sensors (광섬유센서를 이용한 우주환경하에서 복합재료 적층시편의 노화에 따른 열팽창계수변화 측정)

  • Gang,Sang-Guk;Gang,Dong-Hun;Kim,Cheon-Gon;Hong,Chang-Seon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
    • /
    • v.31 no.10
    • /
    • pp.21-26
    • /
    • 2003
  • In this research, the change of coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of graphite/epoxy composite laminate under space environment was measured using fiber optic sensors. Two fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors have been adopted for the simultaneous measurement of thermal strain and temperature. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) conditions with high vacuum, ultraviolet and thermal cycling environments were simulated in a thermal vacuum chamber. As a pre-test, a FBG temperature sensor was calibrated and a FBG strain sensor was verified through the comparison with the electric strain gauge (ESG) attached on an aluminun specimen at high and low temperature respectively. The change of the CTE in a composite laminate exposed to space environment was measured for intervals of aging cycles in real time. As a whole, there was no abrupt change of the CTE after 1000 aging cycles. After aging, however, the CTE decreased a Little all over the test temperature range. These changes are caused by outgassing, moisture desorption, matrix cracking etc.

Minimum Weight Design Method for Infantry Fighting Vehicles Hull using Thick Composite Laminate (전투용 차량의 경량화 최적설계 기법 연구)

  • 김건인;조맹효;구만회
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.4 no.2
    • /
    • pp.9-16
    • /
    • 2001
  • In this paper, general design process for Tracked Fighting Vehicle has been suggested. Stress analysis and optimal design for ply angle of IFV's composite upper hull has been calculated using KMA CIFV and it is contained exploratory development of design process. In this point, this paper applied composite to IFV's upper hull. Finite element mesh has been made using Matlab program, and we have analyzed stress based on the given material properties and ply arrangement. For each load condition, load distribution in plane and failure index are calculated by using Tasi-Hill criterion, which is composite failure criterion and analyzing change of failure index as change of ply angle. Finally, optimal ply angles of upper hull are calculated using KMA CIFV. We can estimate the decrease of weight for IFV's upper hull.

  • PDF

Impact Behavior Analysis on Composite Laminate with Damages (손상이 있는 복합적층판의 충격거동 해석)

  • Kim, Sung-Joon;Hong, Chang-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
    • /
    • v.38 no.1
    • /
    • pp.22-28
    • /
    • 2010
  • To detect the damage in composite structure, nondestructive evaluation techniques are widely used. Tapping test is perhaps the most common technique used for the detection of damage in composite laminates. The method is accomplished by tapping the inspection area with light hammer-like device. The tapping test has the ability that indicates damages in a structure due to a localized change of stiffness. The change in vibration signature may be detected by measurement of the dynamic contact force during impact. In this study, it has been shown that the characteristics of impact force histories from a structure during tapping are changed by the presence of damage such as surface crack and delamination. And impact response analysis has been performed on composite rotor blade with crack to investigate the effect of damage.