Assessing the Resiliency of Composite Structural Systems and Materials Used in Earth-Orbiting Spacecraft to Hypervelocity Projectile Impact

Schonberg, William P.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0727-1_21

Cited by 5 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 53 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In addition bird-strike can be a severe problem for the engines or the pilot cabin wind-shield and is studied by a combination of synthetic and real, albeit dead, birds [163][164][165][166][167][168][169][170][171]. Hypervelocity impact damage to composites is of interest due to their increasing use in spacecraft, satellite bumper shields, and terrestrial armour applications [172][173][174].…”

Section: Ballistic Blast and Shock Loadingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring the Effect of Strain Rate on Deformation and Damage in Fibre-Reinforced Composites: A Review

Perry

Walley

2022

J. dynamic behavior mater.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This review aims to assess publications relevant to understanding the rate-dependent dynamic behaviour of glass- and carbon-fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRPs). FRPs are complex structures composed of fibres embedded in a polymer matrix, making them highly anisotropic. Their properties depend on their constituent materials as well as micro-, meso- and macro-scale structure. Deformation proceeds via a variety of damage mechanisms which degrade them, and failure can occur by one or more different processes. The damage and failure mechanisms may exhibit complex and unpredictable rate-dependence, with certain phenomena only observable under specific loading conditions or geometries. This review focusses on experimental methods for measuring the rate-dependent deformation of fibre composites: it considers high-stain-rate testing of both specimens of ‘simple’ geometry as well as more complex loadings such as joints, ballistic impact and underwater blast. The effects of strain rate on damage and energy-based processes are also considered, and several scenarios identified where strength and toughness may substantially decrease with an increase in strain rate.

show abstract