Editors: | F. Kongoli,E. Aifantis, A, Konstantinidis, D, Bammann, J. Boumgardner, K, Johnson, N, Morgan, R. Prabhu, A. Rajendran |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2022 |
Pages: | 382 pages |
ISBN: | 978-1-989820-38-4(CD) |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
Computational modeling of the damage response of a heterogeneous and anisotropic glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) under shock and impact is complex. Tsai et al [1] employed a plate impact test configuration to study shock wave propagation in a S-2 glass fiber – polyester matrix composite. They observed “Hugoniot Elastic Limit (HEL)” like points in the VISAR (“free surface velocity profiles”) data. The interpretations of experimentally observed HEL and nonlinearity in the data for two different GRP thicknesses at a range of impact velocities require further investigation remained speculative and inconclusive.
Recently, Scott et al., [2] performed computational modeling of the plate impact tests with continuum damage mechanics based hyperelastic constitutive equations in ALE 3D finite element code [3]. The parameters for strain-based damage initiation and propagation models to describe: matrix shear cracking and volume expansion under compressive loading conditions, delamination, and fiber breaking in tension and shear were calibrated through comparisons between the VISAR data and computed free surface velocity profiles. Based on the simulation results, Scott et al., suggested that the HEL point is due to elastic-elastic cracking (EEC) of the matrix materials under compressive loading. In simulations, the damage (microcracking of the matrix) emanates from the impact plane and progressively damage the GRP target plate in the plate impact experiments.
Fraser [4] implemented the hyperelasticity damage model in a commercial finite element code, Abequs [5] to study the response of GRP to projectile penetration. This work further examines the possibility of extending the CDM / hyperelasticity model to predict depth of penetration of a projectile into thick target plates at high velocities. In addition, the focus of the work is to validate the generality of the calibrated model parameters through comparison between the depth of penetration measured in ballistic tests and abequs simulations.