Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section

A quasi-static crush analysis of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fuselage section made of woven c-glass/epoxy has been conducted using the finite element simulation via ABAQUS. The main material and strength properties of the c-glass/epoxy (200 g/m2) which were needed in the ABAQUS analyses were ob...

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Main Authors: Yidris, Noorfaizal, Zahari, Rizal, Abang Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila, Mustapha, Faizal, Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq, Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
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Language:English
Published: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13833/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13833/1/Crush%20simulation%20of%20woven%20c-glassepoxy%20unmanned%20ariel%20vehicle%20fuselage%20section.pdf
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author Yidris, Noorfaizal
Zahari, Rizal
Abang Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila
Mustapha, Faizal
Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq
Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
author_facet Yidris, Noorfaizal
Zahari, Rizal
Abang Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila
Mustapha, Faizal
Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq
Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
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description A quasi-static crush analysis of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fuselage section made of woven c-glass/epoxy has been conducted using the finite element simulation via ABAQUS. The main material and strength properties of the c-glass/epoxy (200 g/m2) which were needed in the ABAQUS analyses were obtained from standard material characterization tests. A progressive damage methodology using ABAQUS has been employed in order to simulate the non-linear material behaviour of the composite fuselage section. Two stress based failure theories were programmed in the user subroutine code (USDFLD) and linked with ABAQUS in order to predict the damage of the composite materials. Satisfactory level of agreement between simulation and test results were obtained regarding the main crushing characteristics of the tested woven c-glass/epoxy fuselage sections such as peak compressive load, crush energy absorption and the overall crushing response. It has been observed that the predicted peak load are found to agree with the experimentally recorded peak load within an accuracy of 3.44% and 4.09% for Tsai-Hill and Tsai-Wu Failure criterion, respectively. In addition, the simulated crushing energy absorption results show reasonable accuracy with the experimental values. This confirms the accuracy of the progressive damage methodology implemented in FE analysis for the woven glass/epoxy fuselage sections.
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spelling upm-138332018-08-14T08:49:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13833/ Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section Yidris, Noorfaizal Zahari, Rizal Abang Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila Mustapha, Faizal Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine A quasi-static crush analysis of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fuselage section made of woven c-glass/epoxy has been conducted using the finite element simulation via ABAQUS. The main material and strength properties of the c-glass/epoxy (200 g/m2) which were needed in the ABAQUS analyses were obtained from standard material characterization tests. A progressive damage methodology using ABAQUS has been employed in order to simulate the non-linear material behaviour of the composite fuselage section. Two stress based failure theories were programmed in the user subroutine code (USDFLD) and linked with ABAQUS in order to predict the damage of the composite materials. Satisfactory level of agreement between simulation and test results were obtained regarding the main crushing characteristics of the tested woven c-glass/epoxy fuselage sections such as peak compressive load, crush energy absorption and the overall crushing response. It has been observed that the predicted peak load are found to agree with the experimentally recorded peak load within an accuracy of 3.44% and 4.09% for Tsai-Hill and Tsai-Wu Failure criterion, respectively. In addition, the simulated crushing energy absorption results show reasonable accuracy with the experimental values. This confirms the accuracy of the progressive damage methodology implemented in FE analysis for the woven glass/epoxy fuselage sections. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13833/1/Crush%20simulation%20of%20woven%20c-glassepoxy%20unmanned%20ariel%20vehicle%20fuselage%20section.pdf Yidris, Noorfaizal and Zahari, Rizal and Abang Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila and Mustapha, Faizal and Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq and Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine (2010) Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section. International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 5 (2). pp. 260-267. ISSN 1823-0334 http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/ArticleInformation.aspx?ArticleID=1002
spellingShingle Yidris, Noorfaizal
Zahari, Rizal
Abang Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila
Mustapha, Faizal
Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq
Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine
Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section
title Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section
title_full Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section
title_fullStr Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section
title_full_unstemmed Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section
title_short Crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section
title_sort crush simulation of woven c-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage section
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13833/
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