Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures

An experimental and numerical investigation was undertaken to characterise the collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites during the load cases of in-plane tension, inplane compression and out-of-plane bending. Two different fibre architectures, varying only by the density of through-th...

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Main Authors: Turner, Paul, Liu, Tao, Zeng, Xuesen
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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description An experimental and numerical investigation was undertaken to characterise the collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites during the load cases of in-plane tension, inplane compression and out-of-plane bending. Two different fibre architectures, varying only by the density of through-thickness reinforcement, were investigated. Cantilever beam tests were carried out to isolate two distinct collapse mechanisms, i.e. bending governed and shear governed deformation. A qualitative comparison was made with a similar UD-laminate material. 3D woven composites exhibited significantly reduced delamination. An investigation into the efficacy of an embedded element modelling strategy for in-plane tension, in-plane compression and out-of-plane bending load cases was undertaken. The predictions were generally in good agreement with the experimental measurements for the inplane and out-of-plane loading.
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spelling nottingham-313812020-05-04T17:38:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31381/ Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures Turner, Paul Liu, Tao Zeng, Xuesen An experimental and numerical investigation was undertaken to characterise the collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites during the load cases of in-plane tension, inplane compression and out-of-plane bending. Two different fibre architectures, varying only by the density of through-thickness reinforcement, were investigated. Cantilever beam tests were carried out to isolate two distinct collapse mechanisms, i.e. bending governed and shear governed deformation. A qualitative comparison was made with a similar UD-laminate material. 3D woven composites exhibited significantly reduced delamination. An investigation into the efficacy of an embedded element modelling strategy for in-plane tension, in-plane compression and out-of-plane bending load cases was undertaken. The predictions were generally in good agreement with the experimental measurements for the inplane and out-of-plane loading. Elsevier 2016-02-03 Article PeerReviewed Turner, Paul, Liu, Tao and Zeng, Xuesen (2016) Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures. Composite Structures . ISSN 1879-1085 Composite materials 3D reinforcement Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Damage Mechanical properties http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263822316300058 doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.01.100 doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.01.100
spellingShingle Composite materials
3D reinforcement
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Damage
Mechanical properties
Turner, Paul
Liu, Tao
Zeng, Xuesen
Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures
title Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures
title_full Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures
title_fullStr Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures
title_full_unstemmed Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures
title_short Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures
title_sort collapse of 3d orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending composite structures
topic Composite materials
3D reinforcement
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Damage
Mechanical properties
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31381/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31381/