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Low-speed impact behavior of fiber-reinforced polymer-based glass, carbon, and glass/carbon hybrid composites

  • Ahmet Saylık

    Ahmet Saylık received his BSc and MSc degrees in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. At the same time, he is continuing his doctorate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. He is currently a Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mus Alparslan University, Mus, Turkey. His research interests include facture mechanics, fiber reinforced composites, failure analysis.

     ORCID logo EMAIL logo     and Şemsettin Temiz

    Şemsettin Temiz received his PhD in Engineering Mechanics and his MSc in Mechanical Engineering degrees at Atatürk University and his BSc degree at Firat University Mechanical Engineering Department. He was a Mechanical Engineering faculty member at Atatürk University from 1995 to 2011 and at Batman University 2012–2016 before joining İnönü Üniversity in 2016. He has counseled ten graduate students (7 PhD students). He has published more than 50 refereed journal articles.

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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 64 Issue 6

Abstract

Impact is defined as an instantaneous external force applied to a material or structure at low, medium, and high speeds over a very short period of time. In this study, we investigate the impact behavior of glass-epoxy composite (GFRP), carbon-epoxy composite (CFRP), and glass/carbon-epoxy hybrid composite (GCFRP) samples subjected to low-velocity impact testing with varying impact energy levels. Composite plates of 330 × 330 mm2 consisting of eight layers were prepared using the VARTM method for impact experiments. Each composite type was tested with impact energy values of 10, 20, 30, and 40 J and their impact behaviors were examined. It was observed that as impact energy increased, the maximum force and the collapse values increased as well. The GFRP composite samples had the highest impact strength, while the GCFRP hybrid composite samples had poorer impact resistance compared to the GFRP composites and better impact resistance compared to the CFRP composites.

Keywords: carbon fiber; glass fiber; hybrid composite; impact; polymer-matrix composites
Corresponding author: Res. Assist. Ahmet Saylık, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Mus Alparslan University, Diyarbakir Road 7. km, Guzeltepe/ Mus, 49250, Turkey, E-mail:

Funding source: Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Inonu University https://bapsis.inonu.edu.tr/Default2.aspx

Award Identifier / Grant number: FDK-2019-1822

About the authors

Ahmet Saylık

Ahmet Saylık received his BSc and MSc degrees in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. At the same time, he is continuing his doctorate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. He is currently a Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mus Alparslan University, Mus, Turkey. His research interests include facture mechanics, fiber reinforced composites, failure analysis.

Şemsettin Temiz

Şemsettin Temiz received his PhD in Engineering Mechanics and his MSc in Mechanical Engineering degrees at Atatürk University and his BSc degree at Firat University Mechanical Engineering Department. He was a Mechanical Engineering faculty member at Atatürk University from 1995 to 2011 and at Batman University 2012–2016 before joining İnönü Üniversity in 2016. He has counseled ten graduate students (7 PhD students). He has published more than 50 refereed journal articles.

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

  2. Research funding: The authors gratefully acknowledge that this study was supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Inonu University (Project ID: FDK-2019-1822).

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

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Published Online: 2022-06-08
Published in Print: 2022-06-27

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2021-2179
Keywords for this article
carbon fiber; glass fiber; hybrid composite; impact; polymer-matrix composites

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  2. Characterization of a low-alloy steel component produced with wire arc additive manufacturing process using metal-cored wire
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  5. Study on the effects of the tension and torsion loading sequence on the mechanical properties of a 20 carbon steel
  6. Wear resistance and microstructural evaluation of a hardfacing welded S355J2 steel pipe piles
  7. Strength decay of wire ropes by corrosion and wear at different surface conditions
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  13. Effect of extrusion ratio and die angle on the microstructure of an AA6063/SiC composite
  14. Surface engineering of chromium films for augmenting bird striking performance of jet engine blades
  15. Tensile damage mechanisms of carbon fiber composites at high temperature by acoustic emission and fully connected neural network
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