TY - JOUR

T1 - Experimental characterization and constitutive modeling of the non-linear stress–strain behavior of unidirectional carbon–epoxy under high strain rate loading

AU - Koerber, Hannes

AU - Kuhn, Peter

AU - Ploeckl, Marina

AU - Otero, Fermin

AU - Gerbaud, Paul William

AU - Rolfes, Raimund

AU - Camanho, Pedro P.

N1 - Funding information: This paper is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Matthias Vogler, an exceptional young scientist that sadly left us too soon. P. P. Camanho and F. Otero would like to acknowledge the funding of Project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000022—SciTech— Science and Technology for Competitive and Sustainable Industries, co-financed by Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE2020), through Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER).

PY - 2018/6/28

Y1 - 2018/6/28

N2 - The mechanical response of IM7-8552 carbon epoxy was investigated for transverse tension and transverse tension/in-plane shear loadings at static and dynamic strain rates using transverse tension and off-axis tension specimens. The dynamic tests were carried out on a split-Hopkinson tension bar at axial strain rates from 113 to 300 s - 1. With the already available off-axis and transverse compression test data for IM7-8552, a comprehensive data set is available now, which can be used for validation and calibration of numerical models. The measured axial stress–strain response was simulated using a fully 3D transversely isotropic elastic–viscoplastic constitutive model. The constitutive model represents a viscoplastic extension of the transversely-isotropic plasticity model developed by the authors (Vogler et al. in Mech Mater 59:50–64, 2013). An invariant based failure criterion is added to the model to be able to predict the strength for a given orientation and strain rate accurately. The strain rate dependency of the elastic and ultimate strength properties is introduced in the model through scaling functions. A good correlation between the measured and numerically predicted stress–strain response and failure of the specimens was achieved for all specimen types and both strain rate regimes.

AB - The mechanical response of IM7-8552 carbon epoxy was investigated for transverse tension and transverse tension/in-plane shear loadings at static and dynamic strain rates using transverse tension and off-axis tension specimens. The dynamic tests were carried out on a split-Hopkinson tension bar at axial strain rates from 113 to 300 s - 1. With the already available off-axis and transverse compression test data for IM7-8552, a comprehensive data set is available now, which can be used for validation and calibration of numerical models. The measured axial stress–strain response was simulated using a fully 3D transversely isotropic elastic–viscoplastic constitutive model. The constitutive model represents a viscoplastic extension of the transversely-isotropic plasticity model developed by the authors (Vogler et al. in Mech Mater 59:50–64, 2013). An invariant based failure criterion is added to the model to be able to predict the strength for a given orientation and strain rate accurately. The strain rate dependency of the elastic and ultimate strength properties is introduced in the model through scaling functions. A good correlation between the measured and numerically predicted stress–strain response and failure of the specimens was achieved for all specimen types and both strain rate regimes.

KW - Carbon–epoxy

KW - Composites

KW - Constitutive modeling

KW - Strain rate effects

KW - Viscoplasticity

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U2 - 10.1186/s40323-018-0111-x

DO - 10.1186/s40323-018-0111-x

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85049133446

VL - 5

JO - Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences

JF - Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences

M1 - 17

ER -