Improvement on out-of-plane impact resistance of CFRP laminates due to through-the-thickness stitching

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1370-1379

  Yoshimura, Akinori ^a   Nakao, Tomoaki ^b   Yashiro, Shigeki ^c   Takeda, Nobuo ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. Delamination; B. Impact behaviour; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); E. Stitching

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; STEEL SHEET;

B. DELAMINATION; B. IMPACT BEHAVIOUR; BEAM ELEMENTS; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); CFRP LAMINATES; COHESIVE ELEMENTS; DAMAGE EXTENSION SIMULATION; DAMAGE PROCESSES; DROP-WEIGHT; E. STITCHING; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; IMPACT DAMAGE RESISTANCE; IMPACT ENERGIES; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT; NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION; OUT-OF PLANE; SIMULATED RESULTS; STITCHED LAMINATES; THICKNESS STITCHING;

IMPACT RESISTANCE;

EID: 50049128131     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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