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Effects of specimen dimensions and impact energy on energy absorption and damage of glass/epoxy composite plates

  • Ramazan Karakuzu , Berk Algan and Mehmet Emin Deniz
Published/Copyright: February 21, 2019
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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 61 Issue 3

Abstract

In this study, the impact response of laminated composite plates of various specimen dimensions under various impact energies has been investigated, experimentally and numerically. Glass/epoxy composites with [02/902/02/902]s orientations were manufactured by the hand lay-up technique. Low velocity impact tests were conducted using a CEAST-Fractovis Plus impact test machine for specimens with net impact areas; SQR76 (square with 76 mm edge), SQR150 (square with 150 mm edge) and CIR76 (circle with diameter of 76 mm). Numerical analysis was also carried out via 3DIMPACT transient finite element code including matrix cracking and impact-induced delamination criteria. Absorbed energy and the damage size of specimens were investigated for various impact energies. Delamination areas obtained by finite element were in good agreement with those experimentally obtained up to 50 J of impact energy.

*Correspondence Address, Prof. Dr. Ramazan Karakuzu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35397 Buca-Izmir, Turkey, E-mail:

Dr. Ramazan Karakuzu, born in 1964, received his BSc degree in 1986 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, his MSc degree in 1988 and his PhD degree in 1992 at the Mechanics branch of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. He is currently a Professor of Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty in Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. His areas of research are the impact and post impact behaviors of laminated composite plates and composite pressure vessels, failure analysis of pinned joint composite structures, elasto-plastic stress analysis of composite plates. He is a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and the Turkish Society of Mechanical Engineers (TSME) and a founding member of the Association of Biomechanics, Biomaterial, Tissue Engineering Research and Development.

Berk Algan received his BSc degree at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2007 and his MSc degree in 2009 at the Mechanics branch of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. He worked as a project engineer for 3 years half-time and 1.5 years full-time at Ege Teknik Makina Ltd. Şti. which is a manufacturer and supplier of level crossing protection systems and authorized technical service of KSB. Subsequently, he worked as a cooling system R&D engineer for 3 years at the Ford Otosan R&D center. He has been working as a Cargo Cooling System supervisor at Ford Otosan, Istanbul, Turkey since August 2013.

Dr. Mehmet Emin Deniz, born in 1981, received his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2002, his MSc degree in 2005 in Mechanics from Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey and his PhD degree in 2011 at the Mechanics branch of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty in Batman University, Batman, Turkey.

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Published Online: 2019-02-21
Published in Print: 2019-03-01

© 2019, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111309

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Inhalt/Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
  4. Improved stress concentration factors for circular shafts for uniaxial and combined loading
  5. Constitutive modeling for high temperature compressive deformation of non-oriented electrical steel
  6. Microstructure and mechanical properties of a rotary friction welded tungsten heavy alloy
  7. Laser speckle photometry – Optical sensor systems for condition and process monitoring
  8. Bending behavior of sandwich structures with different fiber facing types and extremely low-density foam cores
  9. Effects of specimen dimensions and impact energy on energy absorption and damage of glass/epoxy composite plates
  10. Wear behavior of sansevieria cylindrica and E-glass reinforced polyester composites
  11. Synergistic effects of chemical finishing processes on comfort characteristics of micro-modal and lyocell knitted fabrics
  12. Inspection of defects in CFRP by improved magnetic induction tomography
  13. Effects of the drill flute number on drilling of a casted AZ91 magnesium alloy
  14. Limit load evaluation of inlet pigtail pipe bends with ovality under in-plane bending
  15. Synthesis of graphene oxide with superhydrophilicity and well-defined sheet size distribution
  16. Effects of induction hardened surface depth on the dynamic behavior of rotating shaft systems
  17. Tool condition monitoring in the milling process with vegetable based cutting fluids using vibration signatures
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