“…The anisotropic and heterogeneous character of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP), together with their capability to offer high mechanical performance in terms of stiffness and strength in reduced weight, spread their application in the industrial field both for structural and non-structural purposes [1,2,3,4,5]. This drove many studies to investigate the FRP mechanical response under quasi-static and dynamic load conditions [6,7,8,9].Since not easily identifiable by visual inspection, or barely visible on the component surface, the damage from foreign object impact resulted to be a critical condition for this class of materials. Even when undetectable, the damage consequent to impact loads, can significantly reduce the laminate strength by promoting material failure also under operating loads [10,11,12].…”