INVESTIGATION OF IMPACT AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE IN ADVANCED AEROSPACE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
With the aim of gaining a better understanding of the non-linear behaviour of advanced aerospace composite structures under dynamic loadings, this paper provides an overview of the state of the available analysis tools and reports on the progress of an investigation designed to study the low velocity impact characteristics of such structures. The paper further details the experimental set up and procedures of a drop weight impact test system and the equipment used as well as the specifications of its online data acquisition system. In conclusion, as an indicative verification of the ongoing work, a brief comparison of the test results with the numerical data, obtained from a simulation of the test in a number of explicit non-linear finite element environments, is provided. (A)
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Authors:
- BAYANDOR, J
- THOMSON, R S
- SCOTT, M L
- NGUYEN, M Q
- ELDER, D J
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 297-306
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Serial:
- International Journal of Crashworthiness
- Volume: 8
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 1358-8265
- Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tcrs20
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aircraft; Composite materials; Crash tests; Crashes; Data collection; Finite element method; Loads; Loss and damage; Simulation
- ITRD Terms: 1258: Aircraft; 1631: Collision; 9005: Composite; 1614: Damage; 8623: Data acquisition; 6490: Finite element method; 1648: Impact test (crash); 5567: Load; 9103: Simulation
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00962572
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Sep 3 2003 12:00AM