Airborne Composites in Spain will present this week at the COMATCOMP conference in San Sebastian a paper on "In-plane impact behavior of CFRP laminates. Experimental results and numerical modeling".
Due to the low damage tolerance of composite structures, the out-of-plane impact loads such as those resulting from lateral impact by foreign objects are extensively studied. However, the in-plane impact is not deeply investigated because it is not a usual loading case. The paper presents a study of in-plane low velocity impact damage of composite plates by carrying out both experimental tests and numerical simulations.
The International Conference on Science and Technology of Composite Materials will be held from the 7th to the 9th of October in Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain. For more information, please contact the author This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Structural Engineer at Airborne Composites in Girona, Spain.