24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-5.2.3

MODELING THE LOW VELOCITY IMPACT RESPONSE OF AA AEROSPACE COMPOSITE REPLACEMENT PANEL

J. Bayandor, R. S. Thomson*, P. J. Callus**
School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT; *Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures; **Air Vehicle Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia

Keywords: composite replacement panel, damage tolerance, low velocity impact, delamination

This paper reports the results of an investigation of the damage generated by low velocity impact in a composite laminate.

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