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Rubber Impact on 3D Textile Composites

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A low velocity impact study of aircraft tire rubber on 3D textile-reinforced composite plates was performed experimentally and numerically. In contrast to regular unidirectional composite laminates, no delaminations occur in such a 3D textile composite. Yarn decohesions, matrix cracks and yarn ruptures have been identified as the major damage mechanisms under impact load. An increase in the number of 3D warp yarns is proposed to improve the impact damage resistance. The characteristic of a rubber impact is the high amount of elastic energy stored in the impactor during impact, which was more than 90% of the initial kinetic energy. This large geometrical deformation of the rubber during impact leads to a less localised loading of the target structure and poses great challenges for the numerical modelling. A hyperelastic Mooney-Rivlin constitutive law was used in Abaqus/Explicit based on a step-by-step validation with static rubber compression tests and low velocity impact tests on aluminium plates. Simulation models of the textile weave were developed on the meso- and macro-scale. The final correlation between impact simulation results on 3D textile-reinforced composite plates and impact test data was promising, highlighting the potential of such numerical simulation tools.

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This work was performed within the project VULCOMP (Vulnerablity of Composite Structures, 2007–2010) directed by EADS and funded by ANR, which is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Sebastian Heimbs & Björn Van Den Broucke

  2. LAMEFIP, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Université Bordeaux 1, 33405, Talence Cedex, France

    Yann Duplessis Kergomard & Frederic Dau

  3. Airbus, 316 Route de Bayonne, 31060, Toulouse Cedex 03, France

    Benoit Malherbe

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Heimbs, S., Van Den Broucke, B., Duplessis Kergomard, Y. et al. Rubber Impact on 3D Textile Composites. Appl Compos Mater 19, 275–295 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-011-9205-z

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