New paper on impact behaviour of GLARE(Fibre-metal Laminates) is available on line.

Dear all， 

 A paper on the Low-Velocity Impact Response and failure characteriztion of Fibre-Metal Laminates – Experimental and Finite Element Analysis, has been issued by

Composites Science and Technology

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266353812002850

Authors：Shengqing Zhu & Gin Boay Chai

The abstract/keywords were given as following:

Abstract

In this contribution, the impact dynamic response and failure modes of fibre-metal laminated panels subjected to low velocity impact were investigated and presented. The fibre-metal laminate in this paper comprised of a layer of glass fibre-reinforced plastics sandwiched between two layers of aluminum alloy. Two different types of glass fibre-reinforced plastics were used for the fabrication: unidirectional and woven. A fairly extensive experimental investigation was conducted in conjunction with a detailed finite element analysis. The experiments were conducted using a standard drop-weight test machine and the finite element analysis was carried out using a commercially available finite element software. The results of maximum contact force, contact duration and corresponding failure modes are presented, compared and discussed in this technical paper.

Keywords

• A. Layered structures;
• B. Impact behaviour;
• C. Finite element analysis (FEA);
• C. Failure criterion;
• Fibre-metal Laminate