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Abstract

In this study, important physical and material parameters dealing with high velocity impact events are identified and characterized. The most significant material and geometrical parameters of the target that control the initiation and growth of dominant damage modes are discussed. An energy balance expression is formulated in a manner that can be used for polymer composite systems with the two major damage modes namely, delamination, and penetration in mind, and their assessment is made reinterpreting some of the significant experimental data on high-velocity impact situations using dimensionless parameters. Three criteria are proposed to characterize the impact events viz, projectile-based criteria, target-based criteria, and projectile–target interactionbased criteria.

Keywords

composite laminates impact behavior damage tolerance delamination and penetration damage

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On the Impact Characterization of Polymer Composite Plates: Dimensionless Parameters and Damage Criteria

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