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Experimental and Numerical Study on the Tensile Behaviour of UACS/Al Fibre Metal Laminate

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A new fibre metal laminate fabricated with aluminium sheets and unidirectionally arrayed chopped strand (UACS) plies is proposed. The UACS ply is made by cutting parallel slits into a unidirectional carbon fibre prepreg. The UACS/Al laminate may be viewed as aluminium laminate reinforced by highly aligned, discontinuous carbon fibres. The tensile behaviour of UACS/Al laminate, including thermal residual stress and failure progression, is investigated through experiments and numerical simulation. Finite element analysis was used to simulate the onset and propagation of intra-laminar fractures occurring within slits of the UACS plies and delamination along the interfaces. The finite element models feature intra-laminar cohesive elements inserted into the slits and inter-laminar cohesive elements inserted at the interfaces. Good agreement are obtained between experimental results and finite element analysis, and certain limitations of the finite element models are observed and discussed. The combined experimental and numerical studies provide a detailed understanding of the tensile behaviour of UACS/Al laminates.

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This study was partially supported by Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (B) (22360052) of Japan.

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  1. Beijing Aeronautical Science & Technology Research Institute of COMAC, Future Sic-Tech Park, Beijing, China

    Jia Xue & Jia-Zhen Zhang

  2. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan

    Wen-Xue Wang

  3. Material Science & Engineering School, Beihang University, Beijing, China

    Jia Xue & Su-Jun Wu

  4. College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China

    Hang Li

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Xue, J., Wang, WX., Zhang, JZ. et al. Experimental and Numerical Study on the Tensile Behaviour of UACS/Al Fibre Metal Laminate. Appl Compos Mater 22, 489–505 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-014-9419-y

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