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Neel Gharde, Deepu Kumar Singh, and Gaurav Tiwari, "Effect of Ply Stacking Sequence and Projectile’s Nose Shape on Ballistic Response of Unidirectional CFRP Composite Laminates," Mech. Solids. 60 (2), 1224-1237 (2025)
Year 2025 Volume 60 Number 2 Pages 1224-1237
DOI 10.1134/S0025654424607080
Title Effect of Ply Stacking Sequence and Projectile’s Nose Shape on Ballistic Response of Unidirectional CFRP Composite Laminates
Author(s) Neel Gharde (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, 440010 India, neelgharde18@gmail.com)
Deepu Kumar Singh (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, 440010 India, deepukumarsingh1995@gmail.com)
Gaurav Tiwari (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, 440010 India, gauraviitdelhi@gmail.com)
Abstract This study presents the systematic experimental and numerical investigation on the ballistic performance of unidirectional CFRP composite laminates under projectile impact within sub ordinance velocity range. CFRP plates of 140×140×2 mm and having three different ply stacking configurations as (0/90/90/0), (90/45/90/45), and (0/45/45/0) were considered. Perforation experiments were carried out on pneumatic gun setup, whereas numerical modelling was done on the explicit module of the commercial FEA software ‘Abaqus.’ Hashin’s damage criteria was employed to capture the impact behavior of CFRP plate. Two different nosed projectiles namely ogival and hemispherical were incorporated to study the influence of nose shape on ballistic resistance of CFRP composite laminates. Numerical model was validated against the experimental values for the residual velocity and damage pattern and the results were found to be in good correlation. Ballistic performance was evaluated under the ballistic limit, energy absorption and damage pattern to study the effect of stacking sequence and projectile’s nose shape. The ballistic limit result obtained from the current study were also compared with the analytical equations from the literature. Higher ballistic limit and energy absorption was obtained for (0/90/90/0) CFRP plate against the hemispherical nosed projectile.
Keywords unidirectional CFRP, ballistic limit, energy absorption, ply stacking sequence, nose shape
Received 16 December 2024Revised 22 February 2025Accepted 26 February 2025
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