a ASICS Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan
b Faculty of Education, Mie University, Mie, Japan
c Faculty of Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
Abstract:
Localized impact problems for composite structures have recently become important. In this study, some elastic wave velocities in 7-ply GFRP laminate with [02/903/02] ply orientation after low speed impact was investigated by using both experimental methods and finite element methods. For the finite element simulation, the quasi-three-dimensional model was used. Comparing the results, the validity for the application of this model to the dynamic problem was estimated. Moreover the quasi-three-dimensional model is applied to the GFRP plates with interlaminar delamination. The relationship between the elastic wave velocities and delaminated states is discussed.