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Low-Velocity Impact Response of Nano-Silica Reinforced Aluminum/PU/GFRP Laminates

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Dynamic Behavior of Soft and Hard Materials Volume 1 (IMPLAST 2022)

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The bonding of metal sheets and Fiber-reinforced composites is called Fiber Metal Laminates (FML). In the current work, Polyurethane (PU) foam is inserted as a core material in FML, and E-Glass fibers enclose it. The exterior layers are of aluminum alloy 2024 sheets bonded by nanofiller dispersed in an epoxy resin matrix. The nano-silica is used as nanofillers dispersed in the epoxy resin matrix. Nano-silica of 1wt.% is used with epoxy for fabricating the NFML (Nano Fiber Metal Laminate). Laminates are fabricated by hand lay-up and compression molding at 180 MPa at 70 °C. The laminates are tested under low-velocity impact test using a drop weight impactor at different energy levels of 60 J, 80 J, and 90 J for a specimen size of 150 mm x 150 mm. The failure modes of aluminum sheet, PU Foam, and Composite laminate are studied. The results are compared between FML with and without nano-silica. The effect of nano-silica becomes significant in the laminate from 90 J impact energy. Below that, the pristine FML has a high impact force and withstands the impact load effectively. The failure sign of dent depth, delamination area on the rear side, and peak impact load are measured.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, India for the research grant under the RPS-NDF scheme (8-24/RIFD/RPS-NDF/Policy-1/2018-19).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 641014, India

    M. Vijayan & K. Marimuthu

  2. Department of Management Studies, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 641014, India

    V. Selladurai

  3. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India

    Vishnu Vijay Kumar & G. Balaganesan

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575, Singapore

    Vishnu Vijay Kumar

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

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  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

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  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

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Vijayan, M., Selladurai, V., Vijay Kumar, V., Balaganesan, G., Marimuthu, K. (2024). Low-Velocity Impact Response of Nano-Silica Reinforced Aluminum/PU/GFRP Laminates. In: Velmurugan, R., Balaganesan, G., Kakur, N., Kanny, K. (eds) Dynamic Behavior of Soft and Hard Materials Volume 1. IMPLAST 2022. Springer Proceedings in Materials, vol 34. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6030-9_38

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