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Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2022, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (3): 421-428.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2022.03.002

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Low velocity impact resistance of thermoplastic fiber reinforced metal laminates

QI Chang1,2(), FU Lirong1, SUN Yong1, WEI Wentao1, YANG Shu1,2,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment (Dalian University of Technology), Dalian, 116024, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2021-09-28 Revised:2022-08-20 Online:2022-09-30 Published:2022-10-04
  • Contact: YANG Shu E-mail:qichang@dlut.edu.cn;yangshu@dlut.edu.cn

Abstract:

The low-velocity impact resistance of thermo-plastic fiber metal laminates (TFMLs) was investigated to provide references for the actual structural design. Some thermoplastic fiber metal laminates (TFMLs)-3/2 were prepared by using 2024-T3 aluminum alloy, continuous glass fiber reinforced modified polyamide 6 unidirectional tape and polyethylene film. Some 122 J drop weight low-speed impact tests were carried out on the samples with different layup angles. Based on the dynamic analysis software LS-DYNA, a finite element simulation model of TFMLs low-speed impact was established, and the comparison error between simulation and test results was controlled within 10%. The results show that the unidirectional layup samples have brittle fracture, and the orthogonal layup samples only have plastic deformation without cracks; And the shape of the impactor and the angle of fiber layup have an important influence on the low-speed impact response of TFMLs; And the peak impact force of the pointed impactor is 46.5% lower than that of the flat impact. The internal damage area is the smallest in the orthogonal layup, which is 53.5% lower than that of the oblique layup.

Key words: structural design, thermoplastic fiber reinforced metal laminates (TFMLs), low velocity impact, finite element analysis, impact response

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