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Experimental and numerical studies on failure and energy absorption of composite thin-walled square tubes under quasi-static compression loading

  • Haolei Mou , Zhenyu Feng EMAIL logo , Jiang Xie , Jun Zou and Kun Zhou
Published/Copyright: June 29, 2020

Abstract

To analysis the failure and energy absorption of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) thin-walled square tube, the quasi-static axial compression loading tests are conducted for [±45]3s square tube, and the square tube after test is scanned to further investigate the failure mechanism. Three different finite element models, i.e. single-layer shell model, multi-layer shell model and stacked shell mode, are developed by using the Puck 2000 matrix failure criterion and Yamada Sun fiber failure criterion, and three models are verified and compared according to the experimental energy absorption metrics. The experimental and simulation results show that the failure mode of [±45]3s square tube is the local buckling failure mode, and the energy are absorbed mainly by intralaminar and interlaminar delamination, fiber elastic deformation, fiber debonding and fracture, matrix deformation cracking and longitudinal crack propagation. Three different finite element models can reproduce the collapse behaviours of [±45]3s square tube to some extent, but the stacked shell model can better reproduce the failure mode, and the difference of specific energy absorption (SEA) is minimum, which shows the numerical simulation results are in better agreement with the test results.


Corresponding author: Zhenyu Feng, College of Airworthiness, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, 300300, China, E-mail:

Funding source: Science and Technology Item from Civil Aviation Administration of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: MHRD20140207

Funding source: Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities

Award Identifier / Grant number: 3122019162

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the supports from Tianjin Municipal Education Commission Scientific Research Project (2019KJ135), Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (3122019162).

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This research was funded by the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission Scientific Research Project (2019KJ135), Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (3122019162).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2019-02-21
Accepted: 2020-04-19
Published Online: 2020-06-29
Published in Print: 2020-10-25

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