Journal
POLYMER TESTING
Volume 65, Issue -, Pages 231-241Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.11.023
Keywords
Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Low-velocity impact; Quasi-static indentation; Ultrasonics; Optical microscopy
Funding
- SBO project M3Strength - SIM (Strategic Initiative Materials in Flanders)
- VLAIO (Flemish government agency for Innovation and Entrepeneurship)
- Bijzonder OnderzoeksFonds (BOF) [BOF.DPO.2015.0028.01]
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The results of a low-velocity impact programme on both carbon/epoxy and glass/polyamide-6 composite laminates are compared to the results of quasi-static indentation. Cross-ply and quasi-isotropic stacking sequences are impacted and quasi-static indentation tests are performed up to the same maximum displacement. The response of the laminates to both test methods is compared in terms of force-displacement behaviour, dissipated energy and resulting damage. Significant differences between low-velocity impact and quasi-static indentation are found for both material systems. It is therefore concluded that the test methods cannot be interchanged for material characterisation.
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