This paper reports the ballistic penetration behavior of 2D basalt fiber plain woven composite (2DPWC). The residual velocity vs. strike velocity curve was recorded. The dissipated energy was also calculated for each strike velocity. Furthermore, the impact damage morphologies of the tested 2DPWC coupons were given to indicate the damage modes and the mechanisms of energy absorption.
In this paper, the low-velocity impact behavior of the 3D angle-interlock woven glass-fiber/epoxy composites (3DAWCs) were tested and analyzed under several levels of impact energies. The energy-time curves, deflection-time curves and load-deflection curves were obtained to show the impact damage behavior. It was found that the damage magnitude increases with the impact energy, and the composite structure can effectively reduce the in-plane shear failure. In addition, the failure modes were also photographed to illustrate the damage mechanisms of the3DAWCs.
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