Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Textile Hybrid Composites Subjected to Low Velocity Impact Loadings

Table 5

Hybrid181 Epoxy experimental results.

Number Impact level Drop height Laminate thickness Max impact load Time to reach max load Impact velocity Impact energy Impact duration
Unit → m mm kN ms m/s J ms

1 1 0.05 3.28 2.24 5.61 1.32 0.47 11.39
2 1 0.05 3.07 2.13 5.94 1.34 1.27 12.23
3 1 0.05 3.23 2.18 5.91 1.38 1.74 11.58

4 2 0.10 3.02 2.66 4.78 1.55 1.34 10.87
5 2 0.10 3.25 2.78 5.55 1.68 1.60 11.64
6 2 0.10 3.10 2.82 5.44 1.70 1.83 11.27

7 3 0.15 3.07 2.88 4.67 1.80 2.30 12.12
8 3 0.15 3.23 3.32 5.54 1.92 2.41 11.18
9 3 0.15 3.10 2.99 4.51 1.92 2.93 11.56

10 4 0.20 3.23 3.42 3.26 2.07 3.10 11.6
11 4 0.20 3.20 4.07 5.46 2.17 2.52 10.23
12 4 0.20 3.18 4.10 5.88 2.16 3.17 10.47

13 5 0.25 3.07 4.33 5.2 2.33 3.01 10.26
14 5 0.25 3.28 4.05 3.66 2.39 4.84 10.9
15 5 0.25 3.20 3.98 3.48 2.39 4.83 11.08

16 6 0.30 3.07 4.06 4.45 2.55 6.03 11.56
17 6 0.30 3.23 4.10 6.02 2.74 9.99 12.22
18 6 0.30 3.28 4.06 6.12 2.55 6.03 11.56