COMPARISON OF FINITE ELEMENT

CODES FOR IMPACT SIMULATION ON COMPOSITES

Jorge Fernando A. Rojas Ulloa. Supervisor: Jean-Philippe Ponthot.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
Composite materials, given their non-homogenous nature, need special laws that describe their behaviour. Structures with damage have different properties than non-damaged ones, hence making them difficult to be studied in a traditional way.

OBJECTIVES
Parameter sensitivity analysis of a composite material law with the inclusion of damage. Use of LS-DYNA to model a low velocity impact in a composite plate using material law 162.

METHOD: TEST CASE DESCRIPTION

Slow velocity impact of a rigid ball against a composite plate

Rigid ball V

Composite Plate

METHOD: TEST CASE DESCRIPTION

Geometry:

Impactor:

A rigid ball, with a radios of 8 [mm].

Composite plate:
12 plies made of a resin HexFlow- RTM6 reinforced with carbon fibers. [45/03 ] Stacking sequence S

METHODOLOGY: MATERIAL LAWS

Three different material laws were used.

Simple orthotropic law: material law 002.

Material law with damage: material law 162. Cohesive material law: material law 138.

Note: Material law 138 was only used in combination with material law 162.

METHODOLOGY: MATERIAL LAW

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Can only be integrated using one Gauss point, leading to the appearance of hourglass modes.

METHODOLOGY: SIMPLIFICATIONS
Only one quarter of the plate is used due to the symmetry of the problem. The ball is modeled entirely.

METHODOLOGY: RUNNING MODEL

METHODOLOGY: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Method:

Take reference values from literature. Modify value and generate different test-cases. Compare results:

Sensitivity = (Val-Val_Ref)/Val_Ref

METHODOLOGY: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Reference Parameters

Parameters obtained from the proportioned data

Density [Kg/mm3] 1.505e-6 PRCA 0.0665 SAT [GPa] 0.897 SAB [GPa] 0.103 SFC [GPa] 0.850 SDELM 1.2 AM2 2.0 CERATE4 0.0 Ea [GPa] 67.4 PRCB[GPa] 0.0676 SAC [GPa] 0.705 SBC [GPa] 0.065 SFS [GPa] 0.3 ECRSH 0.001 AM3 0.5 Eb [GPa] 66.30 GAB[GPa] 4.3 SBT [GPa] 0.862 SCA [GPa] 0.065 Ec [GPa] 13.50 GBC [GPa] 4.3 SBC [GPa] 0.679 PRBA 0.0363 GCA [GPa] 4.3 SCT [GPa] 0.058

Parameters obtained from the literature

SFFC [GPa] 0.300 EEXPN 4 AM4 0.2 PHIC 10 CERATE 1 0.0 CERATE 2 0.0 ELIMIT 0.2 AM1 2.0 CERATE 3 0.0

METHODOLOGY: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Selected parameters:

Softening damage parameter:

AM1 & AM2: 2.0. Fiber failure in warp and fill directions. AM3: 0.5. Compression in the thickness direction. AM4: 0.0. Matrix failure and delamination.

Element eroding parameters:

E_LIMIT: 0.2 ECRSH : 0.001 EEXPN: 4

Strain in the elements. Compression relative volume ratio.

Strain rate parameters:

CERATE 1: 0.0 CERATE 2: 0.0 CERATE 3: 0.0 CERATE 4: 0.0

Strength properties. Elastic modulus in warp and fill dir. Shear modulus. Elastic modulus through the thickness

METHODOLOGY: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Selected parameters:

Other parameters:
PHIC: 10 S_DELM: 1.2 SFS : 0.3 SFFC: 0.3 SFC: 0.850

Coulomb friction angle. Scale factor of the delamination area. Shear strengths. Compressive strength. Crush strength.

RESULTS

For demonstrate the procedure the sensitivity analysis will be performed to the AM1 parameter.

Three different values were found in the literature.

CONCLUSIONS