Wave propagation due to impact through layered polymer composites: Part 2-Planar problems Academic Article

abstract

• 2015 Elsevier Ltd. In this paper we study the response of a rectangular layered composite viscoelastic plate subjected to impact on one face of the plate. A two network theory which is based on the maximization of entropy production is used to obtain the constitutive equations governing the response of the material and a finite volume numerical scheme is used to solve the resulting equations. The propagation of kinetic energy towards the face opposite to that which is impacted and the interaction at the interfaces are studied for six different layering sequences of Polycarbonate (PC) and Polyurea (PU) namely pure PC, pure PU, bilayer (PU/PC and PC/PU) and trilayer (PU/PC/PU and PC/PU/PC). The layering sequence of PC/PU/PC had the lowest energy arriving at the opposite face of all the cases considered.

authors

• Rajagopal, Kumbakonam
• Srinivasa, Arun

published proceedings

• COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

author list (cited authors)

• Alagappan, P., Rajagopal, K. R., & Srinivasa, A. R.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Alagappan, P||Rajagopal, KR||Srinivasa, AR

publication date

• November 2015

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Composite Structures  Journal

keywords

• Finite Volume
• Implicit
• Nonlinear
• Polymers
• Viscoelasticity
• Wave Propagation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.05.018

start page

• 356

end page

• 365

volume

• 131

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.05.018