Crushing behaviors of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced plastic composites under dynamic bending and axial crushing loading

Zhou, Guowei; Sun, Qingping; Fenner, Joel; Li, Dayong; Zeng, Danielle; Su, Xuming; Peng, Yinghong

doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103539

Title: Crushing behaviors of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced plastic composites under dynamic bending and axial crushing loading

Journal Article · Thu Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2020 · International Journal of Impact Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103539· OSTI ID:1799258

Zhou, Guowei ^[1]; Sun, Qingping ^[2]; Fenner, Joel ^[3]; Li, Dayong ^[4]; Zeng, Danielle ^[5]; Su, Xuming ^[5]; Peng, Yinghong ^[4]

The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Nanjing Univ. of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (United States)

The dynamic crushing characteristics of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced plastic composites under two loading types, dynamic three-point bending and axial crushing, are investigated by experiment and finite element simulation. Hat section samples with two different layup orientations are tested at various impact velocities to investigate its effects. The experiment results show that delamination plays a critical role in dynamic bending deformation. Different layup orientations lead to similar crushing bending behaviors, but remarkable variations in delamination pattern evolutions. In contrast, layup orientation exerts more significant effects on failure modes and energy absorption in axial crushing. A finite element model with multiple layers of thick shell element and cohesive element is established, and simulations are performed for both dynamic three-point bending and axial crushing. The model can capture the crushing behaviors in the two loading types reasonably well. The damage evolution and energy absorption through various mechanisms at different loading conditions are discussed.

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Research Organization:: Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0006867

OSTI ID:: 1799258

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1693608

Journal Information:: International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 140; ISSN 0734-743X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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