Mechanical properties of reinforced composite materials under uniaxial and planar tension loading regimes measured using a non-contact optical method

Milad, Mohamed and Green, Sarah and Ye, Jianqiao (2018) Mechanical properties of reinforced composite materials under uniaxial and planar tension loading regimes measured using a non-contact optical method. Composite Structures, 202. pp. 1145-1154. ISSN 0263-8223

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Abstract

This study reports the hyperelastic material behaviour of a commercially available PVC/nitrile elastomer with woven continuous nylon reinforcement composite sheet under loading cases of uniaxial extension and pure shear achieved via wide strip tension testing. Through the novel use of an advanced non-contact optical strain measurement technique, the hyperelastic material behaviour of the composite is investigated, and materials parameters are reported for both the warp and the weft directions of reinforcement fibre alignment. The non-contact technique is used to acquire normal and shear strains at the surface of the composite sheet material when loaded to tensile strains (stretches) of up to 0.25. Directly measured shear strains are compared to those derived from the normal strain outputs of an optical rectangular strain rosette array, with both measures showing close agreement. The measured mechanical behaviour under loading is used to determine an approximate strain energy function for the composite via ABAQUS software hyperelastic materials modelling curve fitting, with the Ogden and Yeoh hyperelastic models showing reasonable agreement to experimental data.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Composite Structures
Additional Information:
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Composite Structures. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Composite Structures, 202, 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.05.070
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2205
Subjects:
?? civil and structural engineeringceramics and composites ??
ID Code:
125339
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Deposited On:
24 Aug 2018 13:10
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Yes
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Published
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23 Mar 2024 00:50