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Ballistic characterization of fiber elastomer metal laminate composites and effect of positioning of fiber reinforced elastomer

Mahesh, V and Harursampath, D and Mahesh, V (2022) Ballistic characterization of fiber elastomer metal laminate composites and effect of positioning of fiber reinforced elastomer. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 236 (3). pp. 663-673.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/14644207211053963

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the ballistic impact response of jute, natural rubber and aluminium based tri-layer composites with two different configurations, namely Aluminium-Jute-Rubber-Jute and Jute-Rubber-Jute-Aluminium. The proposed composites were fabricated using the compression moulding technique and subjected to ballistic impact testing at impact velocities of 75 m/s, 105 m/s, 154 m/s and 183 m/s. The energy absorption and damage mitigation characteristics of the proposed fibre metal elastomer tri-layer composites were assessed. Results showed that among the two proposed composites, the composite with rubber facing the impact side exhibits better energy absorption and also helps in damage mitigation compared to the composite having aluminium on the impact side. In addition, a parametric study was carried out by varying the thickness of the rubber layer. It was observed that the impact response of the proposed tri-layer composites improved with increasing thickness of the rubber layer, especially in the case of the Jute-Rubber-Jute-Aluminium configuration.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Additional Information: The copyright for this article belongs to SAGE Publications Ltd.
Keywords: Aluminum; Ballistics; Damage detection; Fibers; Impact testing; Laminated composites; Plastics; Rubber, Characterization of fibers; Fibre Metal Laminates; Fibre-reinforced; Impact; Impact response; Layer composites; Metal laminate composites; Reinforced elastomers; Rubber layer; Trilayers, Energy absorption
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited: 18 Nov 2021 11:17
Last Modified: 11 Sep 2022 05:37
URI: https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/70572

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