On the utility of an instrumented impact set-up to characterise the response of discontinuous buffer strips in carbon–epoxy systems in dry and wet conditions

Kishore, * and Khan, Bijoysri and Viswanath, B (2001) On the utility of an instrumented impact set-up to characterise the response of discontinuous buffer strips in carbon–epoxy systems in dry and wet conditions. In: Polymer Testing, 20 (4). pp. 453-457.

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Abstract

The use of an instrumented impact test set-up to evaluate the influence of water ingress on the impact response of a carbon–epoxy (C–E) laminated composite system containing discontinuous buffer strips (BS) has been examined. The data on the BS-free C–E sample in dry conditions are used as reference to compare with the data derived from those immersed in water. The work demonstrated the utility of an instrumented impact test set-up in characterising the response, first owing to the architectural difference due to introduction of buffer strips and then due to the presence of an additional phase in the form of water ingressed into the sample. The presence of water was found to enhance the energy absorption characteristics of the C–E system with BS insertions. It was also noticed that with an increasing number of BS layer insertions, the load–time plots displayed characteristic changes. The ductility indices (DI) were found to display a lower value for the water immersed samples compared to the dry ones.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Polymer Testing
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Drop weight instrumented impact;Impact response;Polymer composite;Moisture absorption;Interleaving.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2011 06:35
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2011 06:35
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39619

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