LVI has become a serious threat to the composite industry because it induces complex
failure mechanisms and internal damages which significantly reduce the structural …

The use of composite materials in several sectors, such as aeronautics and automotive, has
been gaining distinction in recent years. However, due to their high costs, as well as unique …

Low-velocity impact damage can drastically reduce the residual strength of a composite
structure even when the damage is barely visible. The ability to computationally predict the …

This contribution hopes to give a comprehensive review of past and current research work
published on the dynamic response of fibre-metal laminates subjected to low velocity …

The damage tolerance of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) to Barely Visible Impact
Damage (BVID) is a critical design limiter for composite structures. This study investigated …

A woven five-harness satin (5HS) weave with AS4 carbon fibres, and unidirectional high
strength IMS60 carbon fibres were used to manufacture hybrid laminates, using resin …

For the analysis of low-velocity impact damage, many analytical and numerical models were
developed by various authors. These models range from simple approaches with a single …

This paper presents a validation of low-velocity impact Finite Element (FE) modelling. Based
on switching ply location of reference layup [0 2, 45 2, 90 2,− 45 2] s T700GC/M21 laminated …

The capability to accurately analyse the response of multi-directional composite laminates
during impact events is of high importance for the design of lightweight aircraft structures. In …

Abstract A three-dimensional (3-D) Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model incorporating an
elastic-plastic (EP) damage model, which was implemented as a user-defined material …