04.2 - Aerostructures Design, Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity
REVIEW OF PREDICTIVE METHODS FOR CAPTURING ONSET OF DAMAGE AND INITIAL DELAMINATION IN CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER LAMINATES SUBJECT TO IMPACT
H. Raza¹, O. Rodera Garcia², K. Carpenter¹, T. Pärnänen², J. Jokinen², M. Kanerva², J. Bayandor¹; ¹CRASH Lab, University at Buffalo, United States ;²Tampere University , Finland
Empirical and numerical testing methodologies were explored to further understand the onset of damage propagation and delamination in aerospace grade carbon fiber reinforced composites. Trade-offs between two finite element candidate algorithms were employed for cross-validation and verification with respect to the physical experimentation.