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ABSTRACT
Numerical investigation has been carried out to study the
behavior of Kevlar/epoxy composite plate subjected to
ballistic impact using ABAQUS/Explicit. By using
different strike velocities various residual velocities and
core areas of damage are calculated. The commercially
available code ABAQUS has been used for the numerical
simulation where the impactor have been modeled with a
simple shell element. A user materials model based on a
continuum damage mechanics concept for a failure
mechanism of laminated composites has been
implemented.
Keywords-Kevlar-epoxy,
ABAQUS/Explicit,
behavior, Finite element analysis
1.
Impact
INTRODUCTION
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2.
IMPACT
ANALYSIS
OF
THE
COMPOSITE USING ABAQUS /EXPLICIT
In this simulation 10 mm thick Kevlar/Epoxy laminate is
impacted with hemispherical projectile of 20 mm diameter
and 35 mm long. The projectile is made up of EN_AW
6082 aluminum body. The quarter projectile is shown
below. This projectile is designed and given various
velocities in ABAQUS and the results are plotted.
2. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
create
part under modeling space 3D, Type-Deformable, Base
Feature-shape-solid, Type-extrusionoption of
ABAQUS. The mesh of a composite plate and projectile is
shown in the Fig 3 below. Mesh size of 50 x 50 for the
quarter plate having higher mesh density near the left
lower corner (point of impact) is taken as shown in Fig.3.
The fibre reinforced composite laminates have been
modeled with the 4-node quadrilateral shell element S4R
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Fig. 5 Time history of the impactor velocity for the [0/90]20
laminate impacted with an incidental velocity of 427 m/s
The velocity history plot of the impactor impinging with
512 m/s on the [0/90]20 composite plate is shown in fig. 5.
The residual velocity of the impactor, after perforation of
the bullet is found to be 286.994 m/s.
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4. CONCLUSIONS
ABAQUS/Explicit is found to be a viable numerical tool
for finite element simulation of impact phenomena.
Damage initiation and its evolution could be studied with
appropriate input of failure strengths and different fracture
energies. In simulation of impact of Kevlar/epoxy
composite plate it is found that the residual velocity
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oblique impact of thin sandwich panels and spaced
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Journal of
Impact
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