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A comparative investigation of the use of laminate-level meso-scale and fracture-mechanics-enriched meso-scale composite-material models in ballistic-resistance analyses

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A critical assessment is provided of the typical laminate-level, classical meso-scale, and fracture-mechanics-enriched meso-scale material models for continuous-fiber reinforced polymer–matrix composites. Suitability of these material models for the use in structural-mechanics and ballistic-resistance computational analyses of the composite laminates is investigated by carrying out a series of computational studies in which a composite laminate is either subjected to in-plane tension/compression or bending or used as a target plate and impacted by a solid right circular cylindrical projectile. The results obtained suggest that the fracture-mechanics enriched meso-scale composite-laminate material model, in which the fracture-mechanics character of micro-cracking is included within a damage-mechanics formulation, is currently the best compromise between computational efficiency and physical-reality/fidelity.

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The material presented in this article is based on work supported by the U.S. Army/Clemson University Cooperative Agreements W911NF-04-2-0024 and W911NF-06-2-0042 and by an ARC/TRADE research contract.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, 241 Engineering Innovation Building, Clemson, SC, 29634-0921, USA

    M. Grujicic, T. He & H. Marvi

  2. Survivability Materials Branch, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21005-5069, USA

    B. A. Cheeseman & C. F. Yen

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Grujicic, M., He, T., Marvi, H. et al. A comparative investigation of the use of laminate-level meso-scale and fracture-mechanics-enriched meso-scale composite-material models in ballistic-resistance analyses. J Mater Sci 45, 3136–3150 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4290-1

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Keywords

  • Material Model
  • Composite Laminate
  • Damage Variable
  • Damage Mode
  • Fiber Breakage