TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterizing and modeling the progressive damage of off-axis thermoplastic plies
T2 - Effect of ply confinement
AU - Pulungan, Ditho
AU - Yudhanto, Arief
AU - Lubineau, Gilles
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/8/15
Y1 - 2020/8/15
N2 - Although the mechanisms of degradation are, overall, quite similar between thermoset and thermoplastic composites, thermoplastic laminates exhibit a higher ductility. Because of that, classical models developed for thermosets fail in predicting accurately the response of thermoplastic-based laminates. Here, we demonstrate that simulations based on the properties identified on isolated thermoplastics unidirectional plies, as usually done for thermosets, result in large errors. This is explained by the significant load-bearing capacity of the ply in the transverse direction that remains even after the first-ply failure, as a result of the confinement provided by adjacent plies. This effect also exists in thermosets, but it is usually limited due to the brittle nature of the resin. We are improving the mesoscale damage modeling in the off-axis direction by introducing this confinement effect in an original way. We are using a pragmatic approach consisting of separating the progressive damage into two parts called the “diffuse damage regime” and the “transverse-cracking regime”, which we describe by two distinct damage parameters. We show that the proposed method accurately predicts the nonlinear damage behavior of the off-axis laminates, and is a viable path to tailor the classical mesoscale damage model to glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites.
AB - Although the mechanisms of degradation are, overall, quite similar between thermoset and thermoplastic composites, thermoplastic laminates exhibit a higher ductility. Because of that, classical models developed for thermosets fail in predicting accurately the response of thermoplastic-based laminates. Here, we demonstrate that simulations based on the properties identified on isolated thermoplastics unidirectional plies, as usually done for thermosets, result in large errors. This is explained by the significant load-bearing capacity of the ply in the transverse direction that remains even after the first-ply failure, as a result of the confinement provided by adjacent plies. This effect also exists in thermosets, but it is usually limited due to the brittle nature of the resin. We are improving the mesoscale damage modeling in the off-axis direction by introducing this confinement effect in an original way. We are using a pragmatic approach consisting of separating the progressive damage into two parts called the “diffuse damage regime” and the “transverse-cracking regime”, which we describe by two distinct damage parameters. We show that the proposed method accurately predicts the nonlinear damage behavior of the off-axis laminates, and is a viable path to tailor the classical mesoscale damage model to glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites.
KW - Damage
KW - Mesoscale
KW - Off-axis
KW - Thermoplastic composites
KW - Transverse damage
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112397
DO - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112397
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083875394
SN - 0263-8223
VL - 246
JO - Composite Structures
JF - Composite Structures
M1 - 112397
ER -