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Analysis of Carbon Epoxy and Glass Epoxy-Reinforced Composites Under Low Impact Velocity Using the Finite Element Method

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This study aims to investigate the impact analysis of composite materials of glass and carbon prepreg-reinforced epoxy composite. The impact analysis was performed by varying the number of layers from 4 to 16 and changing the velocity of the steel impactor from 10 to 50 m/s. The geometrical model with V notch is created according to the ASTM standards. After impacting the composite material at different velocities, the deformation, stress, strain and velocity of the composite material are identified. From the present work, it is observed that the number of layers of the composite material has significant effect on maximum deformation and stresses. Increasing the number of layer from 4 to 16 increased the maximum deflection to 3.24% at 10 m/s, whereas at maximum velocity of 50 m/s, the same deflection improved percentage is raised to 27.66%.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prasad V Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Kanuru, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Mulpuri Nikhitha, T. Akshita & P. Phani Prasanthi

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Xianguo Li

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    Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi

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Nikhitha, M., Akshita, T., Phani Prasanthi, P. (2023). Analysis of Carbon Epoxy and Glass Epoxy-Reinforced Composites Under Low Impact Velocity Using the Finite Element Method. In: Li, X., Rashidi, M.M., Lather, R.S., Raman, R. (eds) Emerging Trends in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6945-4_53

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