Nonlinear mechanical response of polymer matrix composites: a review

H Fallahi, F Taheri-Behrooz, A Asadi - Polymer Reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The present article provides a review on the nonlinear mechanical behavior of polymer
matrix composites (PMCs). Initially, essential mechanisms driving the nonlinear response of …

Measuring the effect of strain rate on deformation and damage in fibre-reinforced composites: A review

JI Perry, SM Walley - Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2022 - Springer
This review aims to assess publications relevant to understanding the rate-dependent
dynamic behaviour of glass-and carbon-fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRPs). FRPs …

[HTML][HTML] Damage modelling of carbon fibre composite crush tubes: Numerical simulation and experimental validation of drop weight impact

DE Sommer, D Thomson, O Falcó, G Quino… - Composites Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Angle-ply carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) crush tubes were tested in drop weight
impact experiments. High-fidelity computational modelling of the dynamic impact response …

[HTML][HTML] Strain rate and temperature dependence of short/unidirectional carbon fibre PEEK hybrid composites

J Pheysey, F De Cola, A Pellegrino… - Composites Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Short fibre and hybrid carbon fibre PEEK composite materials were tested in tension and
compression under quasi-static and high strain rate conditions to observe the strain rate …

Speckle patterns for DIC in challenging scenarios: rapid application and impact endurance

G Quino, Y Chen, KR Ramakrishnan… - Measurement …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Digital image correlation (DIC) is a widely used technique in experimental mechanics for full
field measurement of displacements and strains. The subset matching based DIC requires …

Flexure behaviors of ABS-based composites containing carbon and Kevlar fibers by material extrusion 3D printing

K Wang, S Li, Y Rao, Y Wu, Y Peng, S Yao, H Zhang… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are popular for improving the mechanical properties
exhibited by pristine thermoplastic materials. Due to the inherent conflict between strength …

[HTML][HTML] Failure of short carbon-fiber-reinforced PEEK composites under high strain rate biaxial loading

H Kang, Y Li, J Liang, D Thomson, H Cui, Y Li - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic failure of short carbon fiber reinforced polyether-ether-ketone (SCFR-PEEK)
composites under biaxial stresses was investigated in this paper. Cruciform specimens were …

[HTML][HTML] Study of the effect of strain rate on the in-plane shear and transverse compression response of a composite ply using computational micromechanics

M Rueda-Ruiz, M Herráez, F Sket, F Gálvez… - Composites Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of composite materials for structures subjected to impacts requires a deep
understanding about the dynamic behaviour of the material. To this end, a physically-based …

[HTML][HTML] In situ damage characterization of CFRP under compression using high-speed optical, infrared and synchrotron X-ray phase-contrast imaging

N Pournoori, GC Soares, B Lukić, M Isakov… - Composites Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The strain rate dependency and failure modes of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP)
laminate were investigated under out-of-plane compressive loading. Simultaneous high …

A dynamic test methodology for analyzing the strain-rate effect on the longitudinal compressive behavior of fiber-reinforced composites

M Ploeckl, P Kuhn, J Grosser, M Wolfahrt… - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study of the strain-rate effect on the longitudinal
compressive strength of UD carbon-epoxy IM7/8552 and UD carbon-fiber-reinforced …