{"title":"Crashworthiness assessment of a composite fuselage stanchion employing a strain rate dependent damage model","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118674","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Numerical testing is crucial for the design of composite fuselages, which have strict crashworthiness regulations. However, the majority of studies on numerical fuselage impacts do not account for the effects of strain rate in simulations. A damage model considering strain rate dependence has been implemented to accurately predict the impact behaviour of a composite fuselage structure. This model enhances the existing three-dimensional Hashin criterion by incorporating strain rate effects and its implemented numerically using a VUMAT subroutine in ABAQUS/explicit. Validation of the model is done through a low-velocity impact problem, showing a better correlation with experimental data compared to previous numerical analyses available in the literature. The study focuses on high-energy impact on a composite stanchion in the lower lobe of an aircraft fuselage. Results demonstrate that the newly proposed model effectively predicts failure zones and modes, indicating its potential in addressing dynamic composite problems typical of impact scenarios.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":281,"journal":{"name":"Composite Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Composite Structures","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026382232400802X","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Numerical testing is crucial for the design of composite fuselages, which have strict crashworthiness regulations. However, the majority of studies on numerical fuselage impacts do not account for the effects of strain rate in simulations. A damage model considering strain rate dependence has been implemented to accurately predict the impact behaviour of a composite fuselage structure. This model enhances the existing three-dimensional Hashin criterion by incorporating strain rate effects and its implemented numerically using a VUMAT subroutine in ABAQUS/explicit. Validation of the model is done through a low-velocity impact problem, showing a better correlation with experimental data compared to previous numerical analyses available in the literature. The study focuses on high-energy impact on a composite stanchion in the lower lobe of an aircraft fuselage. Results demonstrate that the newly proposed model effectively predicts failure zones and modes, indicating its potential in addressing dynamic composite problems typical of impact scenarios.
期刊介绍:
The past few decades have seen outstanding advances in the use of composite materials in structural applications. There can be little doubt that, within engineering circles, composites have revolutionised traditional design concepts and made possible an unparalleled range of new and exciting possibilities as viable materials for construction. Composite Structures, an International Journal, disseminates knowledge between users, manufacturers, designers and researchers involved in structures or structural components manufactured using composite materials.
The journal publishes papers which contribute to knowledge in the use of composite materials in engineering structures. Papers deal with design, research and development studies, experimental investigations, theoretical analysis and fabrication techniques relevant to the application of composites in load-bearing components for assemblies, ranging from individual components such as plates and shells to complete composite structures.