27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-9.5.1

AN EXPERIMENTAL METHOD AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS ENERGY ABSORPTION DETERMINATION

F. Garattoni, E. Troiani
Univ. of Bologna, Italy

Keywords: crashworthiness, composite materials, energy absorption

A comparison between existent test methods and the numerical simulation of the most representative one in terms of the energy absorption behavior for composite materials is presented. The results of the numerical simulation have been validated through an experimental campaign and can be extended to more complex structures.

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