Zhenzhen Zhang , Yutong Liu , Ying Tie , Yuliang Hou , Cheng Li
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Abstract
The self-healing effect on the impact-resistance has been investigated for hybrid stitch toughening CFRP composites using multiscale modeling. The stitches made of the healing agent, poly ethylene-co-methacrylic acid (EMAA), facilitate the repair of delamination damages via a self-healing process. The other stitches, fabricated from carbon fiber, contribute to the enhancement of interlaminar toughness. Considering the local structural features adjacent to the stitches, an equivalent fiber-embedded laminate (EFEL) cell is established to characterize the mesoscale behavior. A modified constitutive model is developed to accurately describe the deformation modes of the EFEL cell. Subsequently, a macroscale model is constructed by directly extending the EFEL cells. The self-healing of the impact-resistance is numerically explored through multiple low-velocity impact (LVI) tests. The proposed modeling approach enables a prediction error less than 8.4% and the computation time of approximately 17.3 h (1036 min), demonstrating the high accuracy and efficiency. After the self-healing process, the peak impact forces of the LVI specimens increase, while decreases in absorbed energy are observed. Moreover, the healed specimens exhibit fewer damaged elements and a smoother damaged surface compared with the unhealed ones. It demonstrates that the EMAA healing agent possesses the capability to improve the impact-resistance of hybrid stitch toughening CFRP composites.
期刊介绍:
Thin-walled structures comprises an important and growing proportion of engineering construction with areas of application becoming increasingly diverse, ranging from aircraft, bridges, ships and oil rigs to storage vessels, industrial buildings and warehouses.
Many factors, including cost and weight economy, new materials and processes and the growth of powerful methods of analysis have contributed to this growth, and led to the need for a journal which concentrates specifically on structures in which problems arise due to the thinness of the walls. This field includes cold– formed sections, plate and shell structures, reinforced plastics structures and aluminium structures, and is of importance in many branches of engineering.
The primary criterion for consideration of papers in Thin–Walled Structures is that they must be concerned with thin–walled structures or the basic problems inherent in thin–walled structures. Provided this criterion is satisfied no restriction is placed on the type of construction, material or field of application. Papers on theory, experiment, design, etc., are published and it is expected that many papers will contain aspects of all three.