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Improvement of Progressive Damage Model to Predicting Crashworthy Composite Corrugated Plate

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To predict the crashworthy composite corrugated plate, different single and stacked shell models are evaluated and compared, and a stacked shell progressive damage model combined with continuum damage mechanics is proposed and investigated. To simulate and predict the failure behavior, both of the intra- and inter- laminar failure behavior are considered. The tiebreak contact method, 1D spot weld element and cohesive element are adopted in stacked shell model, and a surface-based cohesive behavior is used to capture delamination in the proposed model. The impact load and failure behavior of purposed and conventional progressive damage models are demonstrated. Results show that the single shell could simulate the impact load curve without the delamination simulation ability. The general stacked shell model could simulate the interlaminar failure behavior. The improved stacked shell model with continuum damage mechanics and cohesive element not only agree well with the impact load, but also capture the fiber, matrix debonding, and interlaminar failure of composite structure.

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This research is co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11402011) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China

    Yiru Ren, Hongyong Jiang, Wenyuan Ji, Hanyu Zhang & Fuh-Gwo Yuan

  2. College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, No.1 Lushan South Rd, Yuelu Dist, Changsha, 410082, China

    Yiru Ren, Hongyong Jiang, Wenyuan Ji, Hanyu Zhang & Fuh-Gwo Yuan

  3. School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Jinwu Xiang

  4. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA

    Fuh-Gwo Yuan

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Ren, Y., Jiang, H., Ji, W. et al. Improvement of Progressive Damage Model to Predicting Crashworthy Composite Corrugated Plate. Appl Compos Mater 25, 45–66 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-017-9610-z

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