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Impact Response of Cantilever Fiber Metal Laminate (FML) Plates Using a Coupled Analytical-Numerical Method

1Faramarz Ashenai Ghasemi, 1Reza Paknejad, 2Keramat Malekzadeh Fard and 1Nasrollah Banimostafa Arab
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU), Lavizan, Postal Code 16788-15811, Tehran, Iran
2 Center of Excellence for Research in Advanced Materials and Structures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KNTU University, No. 19, Pardis Street, Tehran, Iran
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology  2013  21:5112-5118
http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/rjaset.5.4406  |  © The Author(s) 2013
Received: November 10, 2012  |  Accepted: January 07, 2013  |  Published: May 20, 2013

Abstract

In this study, dynamic response of cantilever Fiber Metal Laminate (FML) plates subjected to the impact of a large mass is studied. Aluminum (Al) sheets are placed instead of some Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) layers. The effect of the Al layers on contact force and deflection of the plates is investigated by considering the interaction between the impactor and the target in the impact analysis. A two degrees-of-freedom system consisting of springs-masses and finite element modeling of the ABAQUS/Explicit software were employed to model the interaction between the impactor and the target. The results indicate that some parameters like the layer sequence, mass and velocity of the impactor, mass of the target are important factors which affect the impact response of the plates.

Keywords:

Composite, contact force, Fiber Metal Laminate (FML), impact, plate,


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The authors have no competing interests.

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ISSN (Online):  2040-7467
ISSN (Print):   2040-7459
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