Experimental Investigation on the Low Velocity Impact Response of Fibre Foam Metal Laminates.

Patryk Jakubczak,Magda Droździel,Jesus Pernas-Sánchez,Piotr Podolak

doi:10.3390/ma14195510

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Abstract

The combination of fibre metal laminates (FML) and sandwich structures can significantly increase the performance under impact of FMLs. The goal of this work was to create a material that will combine the superior properties of FMLs and foam sandwich structures in terms of the impact resistance and simultaneously have lower density and fewer disadvantages related to the manufacturing. An extensive impact testing campaign has been done using conventional fibre metal laminates (carbon- and glass-based) and in the proposed fibre foam metal laminates to assess and compare their behaviour. The main difference was observed in the energy absorption mechanisms. The dominant failure mechanism for fibre foam laminates is the formation of delaminations and matrix cracks while in the conventional fibre metal laminate the main failure mode is fibre cracking due to high local stress concentrations. The reduction in the fibre cracking leads to a better after-impact resistance of this type of structure improving the safety of the structures manufactured with these materials.

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Fibre metal laminates (FMLs) consist of a hybrid structure obtained by alternating metal layers and fibre reinforced laminate [1]
Due to the fact that FML laminates are characterized by high buckling resistance, it is more advantageous to enforce the absorption of impact energy by the delamination mechanism than by the fibre cracking, which is important in terms of post-impact behaviour. e.g., at compression after impact (CAI) [14,15]
The goal was to create a material that will combine the superior properties of FMLs and foam sandwich structures in terms of the impact resistance and simultaneously will have lower density and fewer disadvantages related to their manufacture

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Introduction

Fibre metal laminates (FMLs) consist of a hybrid structure obtained by alternating metal layers and fibre reinforced laminate [1]. Despite the good durability of metal in instances of perforation, there is a problem of fibre cracking even at relatively low impact energies (up to 10 J) [3,12]. This is crucial when using carbon fibres in the fibre metal laminates in which the strain to failure is smaller than that of glass fibres [9]. Due to the fact that FML laminates are characterized by high buckling resistance, it is more advantageous to enforce the absorption of impact energy by the delamination mechanism than by the fibre cracking, which is important in terms of post-impact behaviour. e.g., at compression after impact (CAI) [14,15]

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