Ultimate in-plane strengths of two-dimensional tri-axial braided composites: experiments and numerical simulations. (4th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Jian; Rui, Yanjie; Ye, Wei; Ning, Huiming; Hu, Ning
• Is Part Of: International journal of automotive composites. Volume 4:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 95
• Publication Date: 2019-09-04
• Subjects: tri-axial braided composites -- in-plane strengths -- finite element analysis; Composite materials in automobiles -- Periodicals; 629.232
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-8218

Abstract

The ultimate in-plane strengths of a carbon/glass fibre reinforced tri-axial braided composite are studied by experiments and numerical simulations. The ultimate tensile, compressible and shear strengths are tested. Employing Tsai-Wu failure criterion, a progressive failure analysis is performed in finite element analysis. Reasonable agreement between the experiments and numerical simulations indicates that present finite element model has a potential to predict the ultimate strengths of a two-dimensional tri-axial braided composite.