Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact

In this study a core crush criterion is proposed to determine the residual strength of impacted sandwich structures. The core of the sandwich is made of a Nomex Honeycomb core and the faces are laminated and remain thin. The mechanism of failure of this kind of structure under post-impact compressi...

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Main Authors: Castanie, Bruno, Aminanda, Yulfian, bouvet, christophe, barrau, jean-jacques
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/6281/1/ICS_paper.pdf
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author Castanie, Bruno
Aminanda, Yulfian
bouvet, christophe
barrau, jean-jacques
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Aminanda, Yulfian
bouvet, christophe
barrau, jean-jacques
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description In this study a core crush criterion is proposed to determine the residual strength of impacted sandwich structures. The core of the sandwich is made of a Nomex Honeycomb core and the faces are laminated and remain thin. The mechanism of failure of this kind of structure under post-impact compressive loading is due to interaction between three mechanical behaviors: geometrical nonlinearity due to the skin’s neutral line off-set in the dent area, nonlinear response of the core and damages to the skins. For the type of sandwich analysed in this study, initially the core crushes at the apex of the damage. Using a finite element discrete modelling of the core previously proposed by the authors, the load corresponding to the crushing of the first cell can be computed and it gives the value of the residual strength for our criterion. Some geometric and material hypotheses are assumed in the damaged area mainly based on nondestructive inspection (NDI). The criterion is then applied to tests modelled by Lacy and Hwang [Lacy TE, Hwang Y. Numerical modelling of impact-damaged sandwich composites subjected to compression after impact loading. Compos Struct 2003;61:115–128]. It is shown that the criterion allows a good prediction of the tests except in the case of very small dents. Several sensitivity studies on the assumptions were made and it is shown that using this approach, the criterion is robust.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:62812012-02-18T07:47:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6281/ Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact Castanie, Bruno Aminanda, Yulfian bouvet, christophe barrau, jean-jacques TA349 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics TA401 Materials of engineering and construction In this study a core crush criterion is proposed to determine the residual strength of impacted sandwich structures. The core of the sandwich is made of a Nomex Honeycomb core and the faces are laminated and remain thin. The mechanism of failure of this kind of structure under post-impact compressive loading is due to interaction between three mechanical behaviors: geometrical nonlinearity due to the skin’s neutral line off-set in the dent area, nonlinear response of the core and damages to the skins. For the type of sandwich analysed in this study, initially the core crushes at the apex of the damage. Using a finite element discrete modelling of the core previously proposed by the authors, the load corresponding to the crushing of the first cell can be computed and it gives the value of the residual strength for our criterion. Some geometric and material hypotheses are assumed in the damaged area mainly based on nondestructive inspection (NDI). The criterion is then applied to tests modelled by Lacy and Hwang [Lacy TE, Hwang Y. Numerical modelling of impact-damaged sandwich composites subjected to compression after impact loading. Compos Struct 2003;61:115–128]. It is shown that the criterion allows a good prediction of the tests except in the case of very small dents. Several sensitivity studies on the assumptions were made and it is shown that using this approach, the criterion is robust. Elsevier 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6281/1/ICS_paper.pdf Castanie, Bruno and Aminanda, Yulfian and bouvet, christophe and barrau, jean-jacques (2008) Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact. Composite Structures, 32 (3). pp. 1-8. ISSN S0263-8223(08)00086-X http://www.elsevier.com/locate/compstruct
spellingShingle TA349 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics
TA401 Materials of engineering and construction
Castanie, Bruno
Aminanda, Yulfian
bouvet, christophe
barrau, jean-jacques
Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact
title Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact
title_full Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact
title_fullStr Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact
title_full_unstemmed Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact
title_short Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact
title_sort core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact
topic TA349 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics
TA401 Materials of engineering and construction
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/6281/1/ICS_paper.pdf
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