曲面碳纤维增强树脂复合材料点阵夹芯结构的弯曲和振动特性

采用热压一次成型的工艺制备了曲面碳纤维增强树脂复合材料点阵夹芯结构,进行了三点弯试验探究了结构的弯曲破坏载荷与破坏模式。结果显示：结构的载荷位移曲线分为4个阶段,分别为线性阶段、损伤起始阶段、损伤演化阶段和失效阶段;破坏模式主要为面板压溃与节点失效。通过ABAQUS显示求解器建立了有效的弯曲和模态振动模型,得到弯曲破坏过程的失效模式、载荷位移曲线及结构振动模态与固有频率。讨论了不同参数(几何参数和材料性能)对弯曲和振动性能的影响,比较了不同边界条件对固有频率的影响。结果显示：相对密度(面板厚度、芯子直径)的增加会使结构的弯曲破坏载荷和固有频率增大,而芯子倾角ω的增大会使弯曲破坏载荷与固有频率的减小;材料的比刚度越大,固有频率越高。     

嵌锁式碳纤维/树脂基复合材料方形蜂窝夹芯结构的力学性能及损伤失效

设计并采用嵌锁组装工艺制备了碳纤维/树脂基复合材料方形蜂窝夹芯结构,开展了面外平压性能和三点弯曲性能试验研究,获得了夹芯结构在平压载荷作用下的破坏模式,分析了其损伤失效机制及吸能特性,讨论了在三点弯曲载荷作用下面板质量非对称性和槽口方向对夹芯梁的破坏模式及承载能力的影响.研究结果表明嵌锁式碳纤维/树脂基复合材料方形蜂窝...     

Kevlar短纤维增韧碳纤维/铝蜂窝夹芯板三点弯曲与面内压缩性能

介绍了碳纤维/铝蜂窝夹芯结构的Kevlar短纤维界面增韧方法。通过三点弯曲实验和面内压缩实验,对比增韧试件与未增韧试件的载荷位移曲线、破坏模式等特征,发现未增韧试件往往先发生界面分层破坏,继而面板和芯体分别发生局部破坏;而增韧试件通常发生整体破坏。实验数据显示,Kevlar短纤维界面增韧可以使碳纤维/铝蜂窝夹芯板的抗弯强度、压缩强度、能量吸收等力学性能分别至少提高14.06%、55.80%和61.53%。对破坏后界面的SEM观测发现:增韧试件并未发生界面脱粘,而是由于芯体撕裂造成面/芯剥离,揭示了Kevlar短纤维的界面增韧机制。对具有Kevlar短纤维界面增韧的碳纤维/铝蜂窝夹芯结构进行有限元建模,并分别对其在三点弯曲和面内压缩载荷下的力学行为进行数值分析,以指导该类夹芯结构的分析与设计。     

碳纤维增强环氧树脂复合材料金字塔点阵夹芯假脚结构在竖向载荷下的力学性能

对碳纤维增强树脂复合材料金字塔点阵夹芯假脚结构在竖向载荷下的力学性能进行研究。制备了三种不同相对密度的假脚,并进行了竖向载荷压缩试验。结果表明,相对密度对结构力学性能的影响显著,载荷-位移曲线呈非线性,峰值载荷和刚度值随相对密度的增加而增大,三种相对密度的破坏模式均为节点的失效和面板的皱曲,结构具有一定的能量吸收能力。建立了金字塔点阵夹芯假脚结构的理论强度预报模型,给出了结构在竖向载荷作用下的挠度响应,获得了四种失效模式和临界破坏载荷。对比了理论计算与试验的峰值载荷、破坏模式和挠度,得到较好的一致性。给出假脚结构参数(面板厚度、杆件角度和杆件直径)对破坏模式和破坏临界载荷的影响,并绘制了结构失效机制图。      

泡沫铝层合梁的三点弯曲变形

研究了泡沫铝层合梁三点弯曲的载荷(P)-位移(δ)曲线、变形过程及面板破坏、夹芯剪切破坏、凹陷破坏等破坏模式。用极限载荷公式得到的计算值与实验值符合良好。实验所得的加载和卸载刚度(P/δ)与计算结果吻合较好。泡沫铝层合梁具有较低的密度((0.42～0.92)×10~3kg/m~3)和很高的弯曲比刚度(E~(1/2)/ρ)。利用极限载荷公式建立了破坏模式图。     

玻璃纤维增强树脂基复合材料夹芯板-钢板连接接头的弯曲性能

以PVC泡沫或Balsa轻木为芯材的玻璃纤维增强树脂基复合材料（GRP）夹芯板目前广泛应用于船舶与海洋工程结构中。论文设计不同参数的GRP夹芯板-钢板混合接头模型,进行四点弯曲加载下的静力及疲劳试验研究,同时运用ABAQUS软件结合MSC.fatigue软件对接头的静态及疲劳弯曲失效进行数值模拟,分析了接头的弯曲强度、刚度和失效模式,并研究了接头填充区材料及长度、钢板嵌入填充区长度等参数对接头弯曲性能的影响。结果表明：弯曲载荷作用下接头破坏发生在连接结合部,失效模式则因填充区的不同设计而不同;对提高接头的弯曲性能较为明显的设计参数包括将钢板延伸到接头填充区或者选择Balsa轻木替代PVC泡沫芯材;对于受到疲劳弯曲载荷的接头模型,在较大疲劳载荷水平下,所有试件在未达到10⁶次循环时均发生了疲劳破坏;而在相对较小的疲劳载荷水平下,经过10⁶次循环后所有试件全部完好,并且接头的剩余强度与疲劳试验前的静强度相近,表明小载荷水平下接头的疲劳次数对其承载能力无影响。     

格构增强夹芯复合材料的力学性能

为了解决传统夹芯结构z向刚度和强度较低的缺点,以近年来出现的z向增强技术之一格构增强技术为研究对象试制了几种不同结构参数的格构增强夹芯复合材料板,取得了良好的增强效果。同时研究了格构增强结构的压缩和弯曲性能,揭示了格构增强结构不同于传统夹芯结构的破坏模式。     

缝纫泡沫夹芯复合材料失效强度的理论预测与试验验证

基于经典层板理论和细观力学桥联模型, 提出了缝纫泡沫夹芯复合材料失效强度的理论预测方法, 并进行了失效强度的相关试验验证。其中, 将缝纫复合材料面板看作单层组成的准层状结构, 采用经典层板理论进行逐层失效分析, 并同时考虑了局部皱曲的面板失效模式; 而对缝纫泡沫夹芯, 引入桥联模型计算其各组分材料中的应力, 并通过对各组分材料选取适当失效准则来建立失效判据; 对于缝纫泡沫夹芯复合材料采取逐级加载方式, 当面板或者夹芯失效时, 则认为其发生整体失效, 由此可以确定其在不同载荷形式下的失效强度。此外, 通过试验得到了缝纫泡沫夹芯复合材料板试件在平压、 侧压、 横向剪切及三点弯曲载荷形式下的失效模式及其失效强度, 并利用本文方法对缝纫泡沫夹芯复合材料的失效强度进行了理论预测, 所得结果与试验吻合, 证明了本文方法的有效性。      

碳纤维增强环氧树脂复合材料螺栓连接结构在拉伸载荷下损伤过程的声发射分析

采用声发射技术对不同几何尺寸的碳纤维增强环氧树脂复合材料（CFRP）螺栓连接结构在静力载荷下破坏行为进行了试验研究,比较了不同几何构型下的连接结构的破坏行为与声发射信号之间的映射关系。采用声发射技术对结构损伤过程中的声发射信号进行全程采集与转换,结合CFRP螺栓结构的载荷-位移曲线和宏/细观破坏形貌,分析了幅值、熵曲线和Andrews曲线与破坏行为之间的关系。结果表明:挤压与剪切破坏试件的载荷-位移曲线均呈现出较明显的塑性特征。结构发生挤压和剪切破坏时,声发射信号以中幅值信号为主,并伴随少量高幅值信号;结构发生拉伸破坏时对应的幅值为中幅值信号。根据熵曲线特征将CFRP连接结构破坏过程分为四个阶段,在损伤演化阶段发生纤维断裂、分层等失效模式,在结构失效阶段以分层失效为主。基于Andrews曲线分析得到挤压和拉伸失效模式在损伤演化阶段会出现多种损伤类型,剪切失效模式在结构失效阶段会出现多种损伤类型。      

加筋增强泡沫夹芯结构面内压缩与界面断裂性能试验

为解决复合材料泡沫夹芯结构面板局部屈曲与面芯脱粘的突出问题,提出了一种由筋条增强的玻璃纤维增强树脂基复合材料（GFRP）面板与泡沫芯层组合而成的新型夹芯结构。采用真空辅助树脂导入技术制备试验件,通过面内压缩与双悬臂梁试验,对比分析了加筋增强夹芯板与未加筋夹芯板的受力特性、失效模式和面芯粘结性能。面内压缩试验显示,与未加筋夹芯板相比,加筋增强夹芯板的失效模式由面板局部屈曲转化为面板压缩剪切破坏或整体屈曲,在GFRP材料使用量相同的情况下,试件长度为130 mm的加筋增强夹芯板平均失效荷载提高了40.87%,长度为190 mm试件提高了35.63%。双悬臂梁试验显示,加筋增强夹芯板的裂缝在发展过程中受到筋条与面板之间纤维丝搭接约束,改善了界面粘结性能,与未加筋夹芯板相比,其平均能量释放率提高了57.35%。     

Temperature-dependent monotonic and fatigue bending strengths of adhesively bonded aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams

The monotonic and fatigue strengths of adhesively bonded aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams subjected to four-point bending were investigated at temperatures ranging from −25 to 75 °C. Experimental results showed that the ultimate loads in the monotonic tests and fatigue strengths in the fatigue tests decrease as temperature increases, and the failure mode changes from local indentation to debonding at the skin/core interfaces. An analytical procedure based on the temperature-dependent monotonic strengths of face/core materials and simple adhesively bonded specimens were used and accurately predicted the ultimate applied loads in the monotonic tests by comparing the theoretical limit loads corresponding to several failure modes, i.e., face failure, local indentation, core shear failure, and face/core debonding modes. Furthermore, by modifying the monotonic analytical procedure and incorporating the temperature-dependent S–N curves of the face/core materials and the simple adhesively bonded specimens, the fatigue life of the sandwich beams could be predicted by comparing the estimated fatigue lives corresponding to various failure modes. Comparing the evaluated ultimate loads and fatigue lives with the observed data confirmed that the good prediction performance was obtained both in the monotonic and fatigue analyses.     

Fatigue behaviour of the bond interface between carbon fibre‐reinforced polymer sheets and concrete

Externally bonded carbon fibre‐reinforced polymers (CFRPs) have been applied to retrofit and strengthen civil structures. In this study, four‐point bending beams were manufactured and tested to examine the fatigue behaviour of the CFRP–concrete interface. The results indicated that the specimens exhibited debonding failure in the concrete beneath the adhesive layer under static loading. However, when cyclic loads were imposed on the small beams, debonding failure may occur in the adhesive layer. Moreover, fitting expressions were proposed to predict the shear stress–slip relationship between the CFRP sheets and concrete and the flexural strength of the CFRP‐strengthened beams under static loads, and good agreement with the test data was obtained. Finally, a fatigue life prediction model was also presented to capture the fatigue life of the CFRP–concrete interface under cyclic loads. The calculation results showed that the fatigue strength of the CFRP–concrete bond interface was approximately 65% of the ultimate load capacity.     

Structurally graded core junctions in sandwich elements

The paper addresses the problem of sandwich beams/panels with junctions between different core materials. The physics of the impairing local effects induced by a mismatch of the elastic material properties at core junctions is discussed, and the results of an experimental investigation concerning the failure behaviour of sandwich beams with conventional butt and ‘structurally graded’ core junctions subjected to quasi-static as well as fatigue loading conditions in a three-point bending scheme are discussed. The novel concept of structurally graded core junctions presents different geometrical shapes of the core interfaces (e.g. bias junctions) as well as core junctions with locally reinforced faces. The novel design of core junctions is shown to provide larger quasi-static failure loads, and more beneficial crack initiation and propagation patterns in sandwich beams. Furthermore, it is shown that structurally graded core junctions perform much better than conventional butt junctions under fatigue conditions. Thus, the fatigue life of the sandwich beams with structurally graded core junctions was up to 38% higher than the fatigue life of the sandwich beams with the conventional junction design.     

“Segment-wise model” for theoretical simulation of barely visible indentation damage in composite sandwich beams: Part II – Experimental verification and discussion

When localized transverse loading is applied to a sandwich structure, the facesheet locally deflects and the core crushes. A residual dent induced by the core crushing significantly degrades the mechanical properties of the sandwich structure. In a previous paper, the authors established a “segment-wise model” for theoretical simulation of barely visible indentation damage in honeycomb sandwich beams with composite facesheets. Honeycomb sandwich beam was divided into many segments based on the periodic shape of the honeycomb and complicated through-thickness characteristics of the core were integrated into each segment. In this paper, the new model is validated by experiments using specimens with different types of honeycomb cores. In addition, the damage growth mechanism under indentation load was clarified from the viewpoint of the reaction force from the core to the facesheet. The applicability of the model to other types of core materials is also discussed.     

Experimental study on fatigue failure and damage of sandwich structure with PMI foam core

Sandwich structures consisting of aluminium skin sheets and polymethacrylimide foam core have been gradually used in the high‐speed trains. The static mechanical properties and fatigue damage of the sandwich structures with polymethacrylimide foam core were experimented in three‐point bending and were discussed. The failure mode is identified as local indentation. The static strength was obtained, and it showed good consistency with the forecasting formula. The fatigue property and damage evolution were also researched under cyclic loading. The fatigue life curve and the fitting formula were submitted. The fatigue damage evolution started from the skin sheet fracture and then the foam core indentation. The displacement at the midpoint as the damage parameter was discussed, and the evolution prediction formula was submitted, which showed great agreement with the experimental results.     

Failure mode maps for honeycomb sandwich panels

Failure modes for sandwich beams of GFRP laminate skins and Nomex honeycomb core are investigated. Theoretical models using honeycomb mechanics and classical beam theory are described. A failure mode map for loading under 3-point bending is constructed, showing the dependence of failure mode and load on the ratio of skin thickness to span length and honeycomb relative density. Beam specimens are tested in 3-point bending. The experimental data agree satisfactorily with the theoretical predictions. The effect of honeycomb direction is also examined. The concept of a failure mode map is extended to give a useful design tool for sandwich panels manufacturers and their customers.     

Effect of the amount of adhesive on the bending fatigue strength of adhesively bonded aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams

The effect of the amount of adhesive for bonding face sheets and cores on the bending fatigue strength of aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams was analyzed. It was experimentally proved that the fatigue strength increases as increasing the amount of adhesive. Furthermore, the applied loading parameter is not correlated with the fatigue life data of all studied specimens with various amounts of adhesive because the global parameter has no clear physical meanings with respect to the failure mechanism. From the observations made during fatigue testing, debonding at the interface between the honeycomb core and face sheet is the main cause of fatigue failure. Finite element analyses were conducted to obtain the local stress states at the interface, and these simulated stresses were employed in fatigue life prediction parameters. Three local interfacial parameters were adopted and correlated with the experimental data for the studied specimens. The predicted failure locations using the three interfacial parameters were also examined by comparing the observation results in fatigue tests. Among the three studied interfacial parameters, the combined interfacial peeling and shear stress parameter is recommended for use in fatigue design as it provides good fatigue life correlations and predicts the correct locations of failure initiation simultaneously.     

Static and low-velocity impact behavior of sandwich beams with closed-cell aluminum-foam core in three-point bending

In this paper, the response and failure of sandwich beams with aluminum-foam core are investigated. Quasi-static and low-velocity impact bending tests are carried out for sandwich beams with aluminum-foam core. The deformation and failure behavior is explored. It is found that the failure mode and the load history predicted by a modified Gibson's model agree well with the quasi-static experimental data. The failure modes and crash processes of beams under impact loading are similar to those under quasi-static loading, but the force-displacement history is very different. Hence the quasi-static model can also predict the initial dynamic failure modes of sandwich beams when the impact velocity is lower than 5 m/s.     

Dynamic models for low-velocity impact damage of composite sandwich panels – Part B: Damage initiation

Equivalent single and multi degree-of-freedom systems are used to predict low-velocity impact damage of composite sandwich panels by rigid projectiles. The composite sandwich panels are symmetric and consist of orthotropic laminate facesheets and a core with constant crushing resistance. The transient deformation response of the sandwich panels subjected to impact were predicted in a previous paper, and analytical solutions for the impact force and velocity at damage initiation in sandwich panels are presented in this second paper. Several damage initiation modes are considered, including tensile and shear fracture of the top facesheet, core shear failure, and tensile failure of back facesheet. The impact failure modes are similar to static indentation failure modes, but inertial resistance and high strain rate material properties of the facesheets and core influence impact damage loads. Predicted damage initiation loads and impact velocities compare well with experimental results.