China Plastics ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 46-52.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2021.06.008

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Low⁃velocity Impact and Damage Detection of Epoxy/Glass and Carbon Fiber Composite Plates

HUANG Zhichao1(), LUO Qiang1, LAI Jiamei2, LIU Shuaihong1   

  1. 1.School of Mateitals Science and Engineering,East China Jiaotong University,Nanchang 330013,China
    2.School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,Nanchang University,Nanchang 330031,China
  • Received:2020-12-10 Online:2021-06-26 Published:2021-06-23

Abstract:

To study the influence of the position of glass fiber (G) layer on the impact damage degree of carbon fiber (C) composite panel, the impact tests were carried out for the [CC]2s, [CCCG]s, [GCCC]s and [CCGC]s composite plates using a drop weight impact test machine under the conditions of 15 J and 25 J impact energy, and the curves of contact force, energy and displacement as a function of time were obtained. A water immersion ultrasonic C?scan system was used to inspect the surface and internal damages of the composite plate after the impact tests. The results indicated that under the same energy impact, the growth rate of contact force of the [GCCC]s composite plate was higher than those of the other three types of composite plates, and the peak value of contact force was also larger than those of the other three kinds of composite plate. There was no significant difference between the maximum displacement of punch acting on the [CC]2s, [CCCG]s, [GCCC]s and [CCGC]s composite plates under an impact of 15 J energy. However, the glass fiber appeared on the outer surface of the composite sheet under the 25 J energy impact, and the displacement of the punch was the smallest. This indicated that the impact resistance of glass fiber was improved remarkably with an increase in impact energy. In addition, the damage area of glass fiber on the surface was smaller than those of the other three composite sheets, indicating that the toughness of glass fiber was higher than that of other composite plates due to its better capability to inhibit damage diffusion.

Key words: glass fiber, carbon fiber, composite plate, low?velocity impact, ultrasonic C?scan, damage area

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