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<p>This paper explores the effect of tow width on the damage area produced by high velocity impacts on glass fiber/epoxy composite structures made by filament winding. The subject of the research were a four-layered composite tubes that have been designed using matrix method. The method was used to select mosaic patterns with different rest of the winding stroke and number of interlaces, which are places of stress concentration and which affect the strength of the composite. The narrowest (5 mm) and the widest (17 mm) tow width available was chosen. Composite filament-wound structures were subjected to a high velocity impact by a 2.0 g spherical hardened steel impactor propelled to a velocity of 140 ÷ 170 m/s using a gas gun. It was observed that dependence of the damage area on tow width on filament-wound composite tubes is possible.</p>
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This paper explores the effect of tow width on the damage area produced by high velocity impacts on glass fiber/epoxy composite structures made by filament winding. The subject of the research were a four-layered composite tubes that have been designed using matrix method. The method was used to select mosaic patterns with different rest of the winding stroke and number of interlaces, which are places of stress concentration and which affect the strength of the composite. The narrowest (5 mm) and the widest (17 mm) tow width available was chosen. Composite filament-wound structures were subjected to a high velocity impact by a 2.0 g spherical hardened steel impactor propelled to a velocity of 140 ÷ 170 m/s using a gas gun. It was observed that dependence of the damage area on tow width on filament-wound composite tubes is possible.

Research of Dependence of the Damage Area on Tow Width on Filament-Wound Composite Tubes

Center for Composite Technologies, Institute of Aviation

Department of Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Transactions on Aerospace Research

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This paper explores the effect of tow width on the damage area produced by high velocity impacts on glass fiber/epoxy composite structures made by filament...

Research of Dependence of the Damage Area on Tow Width on Filament-Wound Composite Tubes

Publicado en línea: 31 may 2019

Páginas: 7 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2017-0001

Palabras clave
Filament-wound composite structures, impact damage, ballistic impact, filament winding

© 2017 Copyright by Lukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Research of Dependence of the Damage Area on Tow Width on Filament-Wound Composite Tubes

Publicado en línea: 31 may 2019

Páginas: 7 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2017-0001

Palabras claveFilament-wound composite structures, impact damage, ballistic impact, filament winding

© 2017 Copyright by Lukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Filament-wound composite structures, impact damage, ballistic impact, filament winding