In the realm of aerospace design and performance, there are few boundaries in the never-ending drive for increased performance. This thirst for ever-increased performance of aerospace equipment has driven the aerospace and defense industries into developing exotic, extremely highperformance composites that are pushing the envelope in terms of strength-to-weight ratios, durability, and several o...

Composite materials such as fiber metal laminates combine the advantages of metallic and fiber-reinforced polymers. Hence, these are great interest for thin-walled structures in lightweight engineering. Due to structure materials, damage laminate components occur more frequently inside than with conventional materials. Since detection interlaminar is complicated compared external damage, it one...

The aim of this study is to investigate effects of isothermal aging on mechanical properties of fiber metal laminates (FMLs) and glass/epoxy composites. For this purpose, both materials were fabricated using the wet lay-up manufacturing technique under vacuum pressure. Both the glass/epoxy composites and the FML specimens were then subjected to isothermal aging (130°C, dried air) for up to 5 we...

Composites are becoming anessential part of today’s material because they offer advantagessuch as low weight, corrosion resistance, high fatigue strength; faster assembly etc. composites aregenerating curiosity and interest all over the worlds.The objective of this research is to provide the simulation methodology for natural fiber composites to predict the tensile strength using FEA tool: ANSY...

Fiber Metal Laminates (FMLs) are hybrid materials that combine metal components with fiber-reinforced composites. The properties and failure modes of CArbon fiber Reinforced composites/Aluminum (CARALLs) composed T700/PA6 unidirectional prepreg 6061 aluminum alloy were studied using experimental numerical simulation analysis. Through three-point bending experiments, the behavior CARALLs differe...

Fiber-metal laminates (FMLs) offer the superior characteristics of polymer composites (i.e., light weight, high strength and stiffness) with ductility fracture metals. The bond between two dissimilar materials, composite metal, dictates properties performance FMLs. bonding becomes more critical when matrix is thermoplastic hydrophobic in nature. This work employed a novel technique metal layer ...

The effects of surface-functionalized Na+-montmorillonite nanoclay particles on the flexural behavior of E-glass fiber-reinforced aluminum (GLARE) laminates were investigated. The nanoclay particles were subjected to surface functionalization using 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylamine to increase their compatibility with the epoxy matrix and improve their dispersion within the matrix. Expe...

Abstract Hybrid laminates with continuous fiber reinforcement, such as glass reinforced aluminium laminate (GLARE), aramid aluminum (ARALL), or carbon (CARALL), have been developed to increase the lightweight potential and fatigue resistance applied for aircraft structures. However, use of thermosetting matrices imposes material limitations regarding recycling, malleability, manufacturing-cycle...