Impact Behavior of Hybrid Glass/Carbon Epoxy Composites

The high velocity impact performance in hybrid woven carbon and S2 and E glass fabric laminates manufactured by resin transfer molding (RTM) was studied. Specimens with different thicknesses and glass-fiber content were tested against 5.5 mm spherical projectiles with impact velocities ranging from 300 to 700 m/s to obtain the ballistic limit. The resulting deformation and fracture micromechanisms were studied. Several impacts were performed on the same specimens to identify the multihit behavior of such laminates. The results of the fracture analysis, in conjunction with those of the impact tests, were used to describe the role played by glass-fiber hybridization on the fracture micromechanisms and on the overall laminate performance under high velocity impact.

An experimental and numerical study of ductile failure under quasi-static and impact loadings of Inconel 718 nickel-base superalloy

A numerical and experimental study of ballistic impacts at various temperatures on precipitation hardened Inconel 718 nickel-base superalloy plates has been performed. A coupled elastoplastic-damage constitutive model with Lode angle dependent failure criterion has been implemented in LS-DYNA non-linear finite element code to model the mechanical behaviour of such an alloy. The ballistic impact tests have been carried out at three temperatures: room temperature (25 °C), 400 °C and 700 °C. The numerical study showed that the mesh size is crucial to predict correctly the shear bands detected in the tested plates. Moreover, the mesh size convergence has been achieved for element sizes on the same order that the shear bands. The residual velocity as well as the ballistic limit prediction has been considered excellent for high temperature ballistic tests. Nevertheless, the model has been less accurate for the numerical simulations performed at room temperature, being though in reasonable agreement with the experimental data. Additionally, the influence that the Lode angle had on quasi-static failure patterns such as cup-cone and slanted failure has been studied numerically. The study has revealed that the combined action of weakened constitutive equations and Lode angle dependent failure criterion has been necessary to predict the previously-mentioned failure patterns

Experimental tests in human-robot collision evaluation and characterization of a new safety index for robot operation

This paper describes an experimental procedure consisting of impact tests that simulate a collision of a human head with an industrial robot with the aim to validate a safety index named as New Index for Robots (NIR) and its outputs. The experiments in this paper are based on lab tests. It is an attempt to characterize the NIR index underlying the main parameters that are involved in crash interaction and to highlight limitations and weakness of suggested impact tests.

An analysis of motorcycle side impact. Interim report of test results.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation of FMVSS 214. Side impact protection: dynamic performance requirement.

Mode of access: Internet.

Development and experimental evaluation of a steel tube vehicle impact attenuation system. Final report.

Connecticut Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Wethersfield

Evaluation of NHTSA side impact dummies. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Crash tests of Minnesota mailbox supports. Final report.

Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul

""Captive Column" crash tests - crash testing of a light standard luminaire [sic] pole. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Oklahoma W-beam roadside barrier terminal section tests. Final report.

Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma City

Crash tests of light-post thrie-beam traffic barriers. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Crash tests of sharply curved light-post guiderail. Third interim report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Research input for computer simulation of automobile collisions. Volume III: staged collisions. Tests no. 6 through no. 12. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Vehicle integration and evaluation of advanced restraint systems. Phase B - test report: Torino-to-Volvo tests.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Compliance and crashworthiness tests on an electric vehicle - 1975 Metro-Electric 4-door sedan. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.