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Experimental and numerical study on the tensile, three-point-bending, and interlaminar fracture toughness of GLARE

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Fiber metal laminates (FMLs) are a special type of composite structure consisting of metal sheets bonded to composite laminas. The current study investigated the effect of the replacement of cross-ply (0/90°) glass fiber reinforced epoxy laminas with woven glass fiber reinforced polyester laminas in GLARE laminates on the tensile, bending and interlaminar fracture toughness of the laminate. Test results showed that the existence of woven glass fiber laminas increased the tensile strength with a decrease in corresponding strain, the flexure strength decreased significantly due to the existence of polyester instead of epoxy resin, and the mode I interlaminar fracture toughness increased. ABAQUS® software was used to simulate the tests, and ductile damage was employed to detect the failure of aluminum layers, the Hashin failure criteria to model the failure of composite layers in the laminate, and the cohesive surface interaction to capture delamination between layers.

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  1. Mechanical Design and Production, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Bassem Dahshan, Abdel-Halim M. El-Habbak & Mahmoud A. Adly

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, The British University in Egypt, Al-Sherouk City, Egypt

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Bassem Dahshan received the B.S. in Aeronautical and Aerospace, and M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Design from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 2013 and 2020, respectively. He is currently a stress analysis specialist at the Engineering Co. for the petroleum and process industries (ENPPI). His interests are structure analysis and fracture mechanics using ANSYS and ABAQUS.

Abdelhalim M. Elhabak is an Emeritus Professor of Material Science and Technology at the Mechanical Design and Production Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering from Cairo University in 1975 and 1982, respectively. He received a diploma of composite materials from Nantes University in 1986, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering in 1987 from Cairo University. His research interests are material science, stress analysis and material technology, mechanical behavior of material at high rate of loading.

Mahmoud A. Adly is Emeritus Associate Professor of Material science and Manufacturing at Cairo University — Egypt. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering from Cairo University in 1977 and 1984, respectively. He received his Ph.D. is in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering, 1990 from Cairo University. His research interests are in the field of static and dynamic behavior of materials and structure, mechanics of solids.

Mostafa Shazly is a Professor of Solid Mechanics, Director, Centre of Advanced Materials, The British University in Egypt. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering from Cairo University in 1996 and 1999, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA. His research interests are in the field of dynamic deformation of materials and structure, mechanics of solids, and finite element simulations.

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Dahshan, B., El-Habbak, AH.M., Adly, M.A. et al. Experimental and numerical study on the tensile, three-point-bending, and interlaminar fracture toughness of GLARE. J Mech Sci Technol 34, 3273–3281 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-020-0719-x

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