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Experimental and numerical investigations on the punching failure of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics

Experimentelle und numerische Untersuchungen zum Stanzversagen von kohlenstofffaserverstärkten Kunststoffen
  • Robert Szlosarek , Thomas Karall , Norbert Enzinger , Clemens Hahne , Nils Meyer and André Berger
From the journal Materials Testing

Abstract

This publication describes novel experimental and numerical investigations on the punching failure of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics. This kind of failure is relevant in joining processes as well as a characteristic failure type of mechanical fasteners between metals and carbon fiber-reinforced plastics like rivets or screws. So far, there is a lack of a precise phenomenological description of this failure mode. For this reason, this paper focuses on the experimental analysis of the damage and failure mechanism. As a result, the experiments show a failure evolution without any shearing of the fibers. This provides the basis for the accompanying simulation using the finite element method. Subsequently, the simulation of the experiments demonstrates that a modeling of a punching failure is possible by a combination of known fiber, inter-fiber and delamination failure criteria without extensions.

Kurzfassung

Der Beitrag beschreibt neuartige experimentelle und numerische Untersuchungen zum Stanzversagen von kohlenstofffaserverstärkten Kunststoffen. Diese Fehlerart tritt besonders häufig bei Fügeprozessen oder als charakteristisches Versagen an mechanischen Verbindungselementen wie Nieten oder Schrauben zwischen Metallen und kohlenstofffaserverstärktem Kunststoff auf. Bisher wurde der Versagensmechanismus dieser Fehlerart noch nicht hinreichend genau beschrieben. Aus diesem Grund wird in dem vorliegenden Beitrag eine experimentelle Analyse der Schädigungs- und Versagensmechanismen vorgenommen. Als ein Ergebnis zeigen die durchgeführten Experimente ein sukzessives Versagensverhalten und kein Abscheren der Fasern. Dieses stellt die Grundlage für die begleitenden numerischen Untersuchungen mittels der Finite-Elemente-Methode dar. Die numerischen Untersuchungen dienen als Nachweis, dass ein Stanzversagen mittels der bekannten Versagenskriterien für Faserbruch, Zwischenfaserbruch und Delamination ohne Erweiterungen abgebildet werden kann.


*Correspondence Address, Dr. techn. Robert Szlosarek, Institute for Machine Elements, Engineering Design and Manufacturing, TU BA Freiberg, Agricolastraße 1, 09599 Freiberg, Germany, E-mail:

Dr. techn. Robert Szlosarek, born in 1987, studied Mechatronics at the University of Applied Sciences in Zittau, Germany from 2005 to 2010. Afterwards, he finished his PhD at Graz University of Technology, Austria. Currently, he is working as a researcher at the Institute for Machine Elements, Engineering Design and Manufacturing at Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. His main field of interest is the stress and fatigue analysis of fiber-reinforced plastics.

Prof. Dr. mont. Thomas Karall, born in 1976, studied Mechanical Engineering at Technical University of Vienna, Austria and completed his PhD at Montan University of Leoben, Austria. Currently, he is Professor at University of Applied Sciences in Hof, Germany. He is also a lecturer at Graz University of Technology. His main fields of interest are lightweight design and fiber-reinforced plastics.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. techn. Norbert Enzinger, born in 1970, finished his PhD at Graz University of Technology, Austria and habilitated in welding technologies and failure case analysis. He is leader of the joining group at the Institute for Materials Science and Welding at Graz University of Technology and he is General Manager of the K-Project metal JOINing of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

Dr.-Ing. Clemens Hahne, born in 1982, studied Mechanical Engineering at TU Darmstadt, Germany and finished his PhD in 2014. Currently, he is working for AUDI AG in Ingolstadt, Germany. His main field of interest is the strength and fatigue evaluation of fiber-reinforced plastics in the automotive industry.

Dipl.-Ing. Nils Meyer, born in 1980, studied Mechanical Engineering at TU Darmstadt, Germany from 2001 to 2010. Currently, he is working as a research associate at the Fachgebiet Konstruktiver Leichtbau und Bauweisen, TU Darmstadt. His main area of interest is the failure description of fiber-reinforced plastics, especially in thick-walled problems.

Dr. André Berger, born in 1980, studied Civil Engineering at the University of Applied Science Lausitz, Senftenberg, Germany form 1999 to 2003. In addition, he finished his PhD at Queen Mary University of London, UK in 2015. Currently, he is working at ESI GmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany with the main focus on numerical material modeling and impact simulation.


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Published Online: 2018-10-10
Published in Print: 2016-07-15

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