The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures
The increased use of composite materials in modern aerospace and automotive structures, and the broad range of launch vehicles’ operating temperature imply a great temperature range for which the structures has to be frequently and thoroughly inspected. A thermal mechanical analysis is used to exper...
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| author | Apalowo, R.K. Chronopoulos, D. Ichchou, M. Essa, Y. Martin De La Escalera, F. |
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| description | The increased use of composite materials in modern aerospace and automotive structures, and the broad range of launch vehicles’ operating temperature imply a great temperature range for which the structures has to be frequently and thoroughly inspected. A thermal mechanical analysis is used to experimentally measure the temperature-dependent mechanical properties of a composite layered panel in the range of −100 ℃ to 150 ℃. A hybrid wave finite element/finite element computational scheme is developed to calculate the temperature-dependent wave propagation and interaction properties of a system of two structural waveguides connected through a coupling joint. Calculations are made using the measured thermomechanical properties. Temperature-dependent wave propagation constants of each structural waveguide are obtained by the wave finite element approach and then coupled to the fully finite element described coupling joint, on which damage is modelled, in order to calculate the scattering magnitudes of the waves interaction with damage across the coupling joint. The significance of the panel’s glass transition range on the measured and calculated properties is emphasised. Numerical results are presented as illustration of the work. |
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| spelling | nottingham-524572020-05-04T19:00:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52457/ The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures Apalowo, R.K. Chronopoulos, D. Ichchou, M. Essa, Y. Martin De La Escalera, F. The increased use of composite materials in modern aerospace and automotive structures, and the broad range of launch vehicles’ operating temperature imply a great temperature range for which the structures has to be frequently and thoroughly inspected. A thermal mechanical analysis is used to experimentally measure the temperature-dependent mechanical properties of a composite layered panel in the range of −100 ℃ to 150 ℃. A hybrid wave finite element/finite element computational scheme is developed to calculate the temperature-dependent wave propagation and interaction properties of a system of two structural waveguides connected through a coupling joint. Calculations are made using the measured thermomechanical properties. Temperature-dependent wave propagation constants of each structural waveguide are obtained by the wave finite element approach and then coupled to the fully finite element described coupling joint, on which damage is modelled, in order to calculate the scattering magnitudes of the waves interaction with damage across the coupling joint. The significance of the panel’s glass transition range on the measured and calculated properties is emphasised. Numerical results are presented as illustration of the work. SAGE Publications 2017-08-16 Article PeerReviewed Apalowo, R.K., Chronopoulos, D., Ichchou, M., Essa, Y. and Martin De La Escalera, F. (2017) The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 231 (16). pp. 3042-3056. ISSN 0954-4062 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0954406217718217 doi:10.1177/0954406217718217 doi:10.1177/0954406217718217 |
| spellingShingle | Apalowo, R.K. Chronopoulos, D. Ichchou, M. Essa, Y. Martin De La Escalera, F. The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures |
| title | The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures |
| title_full | The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures |
| title_fullStr | The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures |
| title_short | The impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures |
| title_sort | impact of temperature on wave interaction with damage in composite structures |
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