Research Article

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

Table 6

Hybrid262 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 0.10 3.76 2.40 5.61 1.34 0.53 10.26
2 1 0.10 3.68 2.21 5.94 1.38 1.50 11.39
3 1 0.10 3.76 2.17 5.91 1.37 1.46 11.44

4 2 0.20 3.58 3.54 4.78 1.88 0.98 9.84
5 2 0.20 3.63 3.53 5.55 1.97 2.73 10.35
6 2 0.20 3.78 3.21 5.44 1.84 2.79 10.37

7 3 0.30 3.71 4.92 4.67 2.38 0.89 8.85
8 3 0.30 3.66 4.32 5.54 2.38 4.03 10.02
9 3 0.30 3.78 4.54 4.51 2.41 3.82 9.63

10 4 0.41 3.76 5.55 3.26 2.72 2.98 9.14
11 4 0.41 3.66 5.20 5.46 2.78 6.35 9.49
12 4 0.41 3.61 5.43 5.88 2.76 6.66 9.50

13 5 0.51 3.63 6.95 5.2 3.08 3.97 8.53
14 5 0.51 3.76 5.33 3.66 3.10 14.02 11.03
15 5 0.51 3.66 5.05 3.48 3.11 13.87 11.01

16 6 0.61 3.78 6.48 4.45 3.36 10.45 9.75
17 6 0.61 3.66 5.52 6.02 3.42 18.75 11.37
18 6 0.61 3.61 6.02 6.12 3.38 17.00 10.37