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A Progressive Damage Model for Predicting Permanent Indentation and Impact Damage in Composite Laminates

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In this paper, a progressive damage model was established on the basis of ABAQUS software for predicting permanent indentation and impact damage in composite laminates. Intralaminar and interlaminar damage was modelled based on the continuum damage mechanics (CDM) in the finite element model. For the verification of the model, low-velocity impact tests of quasi-isotropic laminates with material system of T300/5228A were conducted. Permanent indentation and impact damage of the laminates were simulated and the numerical results agree well with the experiments. It can be concluded that an obvious knee point can be identified on the curve of the indentation depth versus impact energy. Matrix cracking and delamination develops rapidly with the increasing impact energy, while considerable amount of fiber breakage only occurs when the impact energy exceeds the energy corresponding to the knee point. Predicted indentation depth after the knee point is very sensitive to the parameter μ which is proposed in this paper, and the acceptable value of this parameter is in range from 0.9 to 1.0.

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Ji, Z., Guan, Z. & Li, Z. A Progressive Damage Model for Predicting Permanent Indentation and Impact Damage in Composite Laminates. Appl Compos Mater 24, 1029–1048 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-016-9572-6

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