TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact on thermoplastic fibre-metal laminates
T2 - Experimental observations
AU - Santiago, Rafael
AU - Cantwell, Wesley
AU - Alves, Marcílio
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation ( FAPESP , grant 2009/14839-7).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - This work investigates a new generation of fibre metal laminates, termed TFMLs, based on an aluminium alloy and a self-reinforced polypropylene (SRPP). Circular plates were studied experimentally under conditions of localized impact loading. It was observed that the TFML plates outperform glass fibre/epoxy based FMLs under impact conditions. Limitations, associated with the metal/polymer interface and the interlayer toughness, are discussed in detail. The response of this material, and its constituents, were characterized over a wide range of strain-rates through the use of innovative equipment and techniques. This is of particular importance, given that the mechanical properties of SRPP are recognized as being strain-rate dependent. This paper presents extensive experimental data that can be used for modelling the response of TFMLs under impact conditions.
AB - This work investigates a new generation of fibre metal laminates, termed TFMLs, based on an aluminium alloy and a self-reinforced polypropylene (SRPP). Circular plates were studied experimentally under conditions of localized impact loading. It was observed that the TFML plates outperform glass fibre/epoxy based FMLs under impact conditions. Limitations, associated with the metal/polymer interface and the interlayer toughness, are discussed in detail. The response of this material, and its constituents, were characterized over a wide range of strain-rates through the use of innovative equipment and techniques. This is of particular importance, given that the mechanical properties of SRPP are recognized as being strain-rate dependent. This paper presents extensive experimental data that can be used for modelling the response of TFMLs under impact conditions.
KW - Fibre-metal laminates
KW - FML
KW - Impact loading
KW - Thermoplastic composites
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.10.011
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84992410793
SN - 0263-8223
VL - 159
SP - 800
EP - 817
JO - Composite Structures
JF - Composite Structures
ER -