Improvement of impact resistance of plain-woven composite by embedding superelastic shape memory alloy wires

doi:10.1007/s11465-020-0595-1

Front. Mech. Eng.

2020, Vol. 15

Issue (4) : 547-557 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-020-0595-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Improvement of impact resistance of plain-woven composite by embedding superelastic shape memory alloy wires

Xiaojun GU^1,², Xiuzhong SU², Jun WANG^1,²(

), Yingjie XU^2,³(

), Jihong ZHU^2,³, Weihong ZHANG²

¹. Unmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
². State IJR Center of Aerospace Design and Additive Manufacturing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
³. Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory of Aerospace Structure Design and Application, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

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Abstract

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites have excellent mechanical properties, specifically, high specific stiffness and strength. However, most CFRP composites exhibit poor impact resistance. To overcome this limitation, this study presents a new plain-woven CFRP composite embedded with superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) wires. Composite specimens are fabricated using the vacuum-assisted resin injection method. Drop-weight impact tests are conducted on composite specimens with and without SMA wires to evaluate the improvement of impact resistance. The material models of the CFRP composite and superelastic SMA wire are introduced and implemented into a finite element (FE) software by the explicit user-defined material subroutine. FE simulations of the drop-weight impact tests are performed to reveal the superelastic deformation and debonding failure of the SMA inserts. Improvement of the energy absorption capacity and toughness of the SMA-CFRP composite is confirmed by the comparison results.

Keywords carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite shape memory alloy wire impact resistance drop-weight test finite element simulation

Corresponding Author(s): Jun WANG,Yingjie XU

Just Accepted Date: 03 September 2020 Online First Date: 25 September 2020 Issue Date: 02 December 2020

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Xiaojun GU,Xiuzhong SU,Jun WANG, et al. Improvement of impact resistance of plain-woven composite by embedding superelastic shape memory alloy wires[J]. Front. Mech. Eng., 2020, 15(4): 547-557.

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Fig.1 SMA-embedded CFRP composite specimens.

Fig.2 Photograph and schematic representation of the drop-weight impact system.

Fig.3 Photographs of the specimens after drop-weight impact tests for impact energies of 10 and 30 J.

Fig.4 Finite element model of drop-weight impact test.

Unit volume force/( $N ? m − 3$ )			Separation distance/( $10 − 6 mm$ )			Unit length force/( $N ? m − 1$ )
$K n$	$K s$	$K t$	$δ n max$	$δ s max$	$δ t max$	$G n C$	$G s C$	$G t C$
500	310	310	1.5	11	11	0.42	0.42	0.42

Tab.1 Parameters of cohesion-based damage criterion obtained from Yang et al. [³²]

Fig.5 Simulation results of drop-weight impact tests for impact energies of 10 and 30 J.

Fig.6 Comparisons between experimental photographs and simulation results: Deformation and damage on the CFRP and SMA-CFRP composite specimens for the impact energy of 30 J.

Fig.7 Impact forces of CFRP and SMA-CFRP composite specimens for impact energies of (a) 10 and (b) 30 J. EXP: Experimental; SIM: Simulation.

Fig.8 Impact force?displacement curves of CFRP and SMA-CFRP composite specimens for impact energies of (a) 10 and (b) 30 J. EXP: Experimental; SIM: Simulation.

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