Journal
JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN
Volume 47, Issue 7, Pages 406-418Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0309324712448299
Keywords
Shock; impact; composites; spacecraft structures; hypervelocity
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The combination of high strength and low density has resulted in increasing use of composite materials in structures such as aerospace systems that may be subjected to high-velocity impact during their in-service lives. In this review we focus on recent work surrounding the response of composites, primarily carbon fibre reinforced plastic and glass fibre reinforced plastic-based laminates to very high (hyper)-velocity impacts. To this end, the review is divided into two halves. In the first, hypervelocity impacts (e.g. impacts with velocities greater than ca. 2 km/s) that are likely to be encountered by aerospace systems are considered; while in the second, resultant material behaviour - in the form of shock response - is discussed. This review is designed to (1) build on previous studies which have typically largely focused on high-velocity impacts from the perspective of spacecraft protection against on-orbit impact, and; (2) complement an earlier part which focused on the lower impact velocity regime associated with ballistic-loading (Part 1).
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