Dynamic response of fully-clamped laminated composite plates subjected to low-velocity impact of a mass

✍ Scribed by Lu Chun; K.Y. Lam

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 748 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7683
• DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7683(96)00231-4

✦ Synopsis

Al~traet--A numerical method for the calculation of dynamic response of laminated composite plates under low-velocity impact is proposed. The non-linear, second-order differential governing equations are derived by the Lagrange's principle and the Hertzian contact law. The governing equations are decoupled according to the second-order terms by the method of principal transformation, and then solved numerically. The dynamic response of fully clamped cross and angle ply laminated plates struck by a mass is investigated. The contact force, deformation, energy transferred and stresses in the composite plates are presented. Good agreement is achieved when compared with results available in the literature.