A combined experimental and numerical approach to study ballistic impact response of S2-glass fiber/toughened epoxy composite beams
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Abstract A combined experimental and 3D dynamic nonlinear finite element (FE) approach was adopted to study damage in composite beams subject to ballistic impact using a high-speed gas gun. The time-histories of dynamic strains induced during impact were recorded using strain gages mounted on the front of the composite beam specimen. During ballistic impact tests, the impact velocity was also measured. The commercially available 3D dynamic nonlinear FE code, LS-DYNA, modified with a proposed user-defined nonlinear-orthotropic damage model, was then used to simulate the experimental results. In addition, LS-DYNA with the Chang–Chang linear-orthotropic damage model was also used for comparison. Good agreement between experimental and FE results was found from the comparisons of dynamic strain and damage patterns. Once the proposed nonlinear-orthotropic damage model was verified by experimental results, further FE simulations were conducted to predict the ballistic limit velocity (V50) using either the number of damaged layer approach or a numerically established relation between the projectile impact velocity versus residual velocity or energy similar to the classical Lambert–Jonas equation for metals.
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OpenAlex topics: High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior · Mechanical Behavior of Composites · Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
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