Experimental and numerical investigation of the behavior of three-dimensional orthogonal woven composite plates under high-velocity impact

Abstract

The performance of the three-dimensional orthogonal woven composites (3DOWC) under high-velocity impact is studied in a combined experimental and numerical way. The experimental impact velocity ranges from 155 to 1499 m/s. The impact processes are also simulated with mesoscopic point model and the material point method (MPM). The experimental and numerical results agree well in both the residual velocity and the configuration. Four failure patterns are observed for the perforated specimens. An empirical formula is constructed based on the experimental and numerical results.

Keywords:

• Woven composite
• high-velocity impact
• meso-structure model
• material point method
• energy absorption

Disclosure statement

• The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article.

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Funding

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant No. 11472153 and No. 11772171].