Ballistic strain-rate-dependent material modelling of glass-fibre woven composite based on the prediction of a meso-heterogeneous approach

An effective and efficient methodology based on a strain-rate-dependent material model that can be applied to the simulations of ballistic impact on woven composites is presented in this paper. Firstly, a meso-heterogeneous model (fibre and matrix separately modelled) of R-glass-fibre woven composit...

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Autores: Ma, Dayou, Manes, Andrea, Amico, Sandro Campos, Giglio, Marco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/220465
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/220465
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Compósitos
Balística
Taxa de deformação
Ensaios de impacto
Ballistic impact
Strain rate
Meso-heterogeneous model
FMJ projectile
Woven composite
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Sumario:An effective and efficient methodology based on a strain-rate-dependent material model that can be applied to the simulations of ballistic impact on woven composites is presented in this paper. Firstly, a meso-heterogeneous model (fibre and matrix separately modelled) of R-glass-fibre woven composite was built and validated by tensile tests. Then, the model was used to obtain a strain-rate-dependent homogeneous material model with low computational cost and with a novel numerical environment to simulate high-velocity impact of the composite. Later, the proposed simulation framework was validated by conducting ballistic tests on the woven composite using full metal jacket (FMJ) projectiles. Exploiting strain-rate-dependent homogeneous material model, more accurate predictions of the composite delamination area and the residual velocity of projectiles were obtained compared to that without considering strain rate effects, especially for thick woven composites. The strain rate effect on targets with different thicknesses and the projectile deformation were also analysed.