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TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL
Volume 83, Issue 17, Pages 1821-1835Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0040517512474364
Keywords
triaxial braided; composite; ballistic impact; numerical simulation; damage evolution
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- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20120101110065]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [Y1090245]
- Aeronautical Foundation of China [20095276009]
- Opening Foundation of State Key laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology of China [KFJJ10-9M]
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A series of ballistic tests on triaxial braided carbon/epoxy composites were described in Part I of this paper. In this part, numerical simulations were carried out to investigate the impact response, damage evolution, and penetration mechanisms of these composites. A continuum finite element model was developed to obtain the time history of the projectile velocity, displacement, penetration resistance force, and energy absorption during the impact process. By fitting the numerical data, the ballistic limit velocity can be obtained. Good agreements were achieved between numerical results and experimental results. Numerical predictions for ballistic tests of the composites indicate that, based on variations of damage mechanisms and failure features, the impact process can be subdivided into three stages, i.e. phase I - shock compression, phase II - bulge deformation, and phase III - penetration process, among which phase II consumes most of the projectile kinetic energy. The differences between a blade-like projectile and a cylindrical projectile in the impact process are also addressed in detail.
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