Abstract The investigated hybrid carbon fiber reinforced plastics-elastomer-metal laminates (HyCEML) offer the potential of tailored structural materials with adaptable damping properties. Conventional metal laminates, like glass laminate aluminum epoxy are already widely spread in aviation industry owing to their outstanding fatigue behavior. By integrating an elastomeric interlayer, fibers ca...

Influence of the stacking sequences of hybrid composites on the tensile strength, flexural strength, inter-laminar shear strength (ILSS) and impact energy was investigated. The hybrid glass-basalt-carbon/polyester composite laminates were processed by hand lay-up procedure at room temperature. The fracture surface of the composite laminates after the tension and flexural test was examined by sc...

Fiber-metal laminates (FMLs) offer the superior characteristics of polymer composites (i.e., light weight, high strength and stiffness) with ductility fracture metals. The bond between two dissimilar materials, composite metal, dictates properties performance FMLs. bonding becomes more critical when matrix is thermoplastic hydrophobic in nature. This work employed a novel technique metal layer ...

the residual stresses in composite laminates depend on several factors including the conditions of fabricating process, property of materials, direction and lay-ups of the layers. however the thermo-elastic behavior of composite is one of the most important parameters affecting the magnitude of residual stresses. the elastic properties and residual stresses do not remain constant under cyclic t...

In this paper, the problem of tensile strength prediction of composite laminates containing artificially implanted holes is confronted. An approach based on the integration of acoustic emission and load data through neural network is presented. The obtained results show that neural networks can be a useful tool in the monitoring of fracture behavior of composite laminates through acoustic emiss...

A computational model of ultrasound scattering by micro-cracks in fiber reinforced polymer laminates is presented, foundational to study of micro-crack induced ultrasound attenuation. A model for transmission scattering response is developed using a boundary integral formulation, and associated approximate scattering theories are discussed. Numerical results are presented demonstrating applicat...