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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Abington Hall, Abington
Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 6AH
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
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