Impact damage behavior of composite stiffened plates

Li Yan, Xuefeng An, Chenqian Zhang, Xiaosu Yi

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Abstract

Damage behavior of composite stiffened plates of structure I and structure II at different positions and under different impact energy subjected to low-velocity impact testing was studied in this paper. Visual observation and ultrasonic C-scanning were also employed to inspect the damage size. The results showed that damage behavior of composite stiffened plates was not only related to damage behavior of laminates, but also related to damage between stringer and laminate and damage of stringer itself. It was found that the mechanism of absorbing energy varies with the impact position, as well as the damage behavior. When the impact position was near stringer, partial energy was absorbed by stringer to make stringer and laminate disengage and damage area of laminates was smaller. Damage behavior of composite stiffened plates varies with the structure. Damage area of samples of structure II was smaller than that of samples of structure I. It was estimated preliminarily that design of structure II was better than that of structure I.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMaterials and Computational Mechanics
Pages954-957
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing, ICAMMM 2011 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 18 Nov 201120 Nov 2011

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume117-119
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing, ICAMMM 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period18/11/1120/11/11

Keywords

  • Composite stiffened plates
  • Impact damage behavior
  • Impact position
  • Structure I
  • Structure II

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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