Effect of Curvature on the Impact Damage Characteristics and Residual Strength of Composite Plates
The results of a study of the response and failure characteristics of thin, cylindrically cusrved, composite plates subjected to low-speed impact damage are presented. The results indicate that the plate radius and the plate thickness are important structural parameters that influence the nonlinear response of a plate for a given amount of impact energy. Analytical and experimental contact-force results are compared for several plates and the results correlate well. The impact-energy levels required to cause damage initiation and barely visible impact damage are a function of the plate radius for a given plate thickness. The impact-energy levels required to initiate impact damage for plates with a certain range of radii are greater than plates with other radii. The contact-force results corresponding to these impact-energy levels follow a similar trend. Residual strength results for plates with barely visible impact damage suggest that the compression-after-impact residual strength is also a function of plate radiu. The residual strength of impact-damaged flat plates appears to be lower than the residual strength of the corresponding cylindrically curved plates.
Experimental and numerical analysis of impact on steel curved panels
Original Research Paper Received 24 December 2015 Accepted 20 February 2016 Available Online 20 April 2016 The low velocity impact behavior of steel panel with different curvature is investigated experimentally. Numerical analysis is used for test results verification. In experimental method drop impact test apparatus is used so three different heights for falling weight are considered. Also, three different panel curvatures for experiment are used. Two important parameters measured are maximum acceleration and maximum plastic deformation of panel. A high speed accelerometer is used for measuring the impactor acceleration. Also, the permanent plastic deformation is measured with numerical measurement system attached to the drop test apparatus. Experimental analysis with three different radius of curvature is modeled with numerical analysis, the numerical analysis is used for further panel curvatures so the panel behavior is estimated in a wide range of panel curvatures. The results in numerical analysis and test (if available) show good agreement when compared together. the results show that increasing the panel radius of curvature will increase impactor acceleration and will decrease the plastic deformation of panel, but if the radius of curvature is increased more and more, then the impactor acceleration will not increase further and will be nearly constant, on the other hand, plastic deformation of the panel will not be increased further when the panel radius of curvature is increased more.
Computer-Aided System of Virtual Testing of Gas Turbine Engines
The article describes the concept of a virtual lab that includes subsystem of gas turbine engine simulation, subsystem of experiment planning, subsystem of measurement errors simulation, subsystem of simulator identification and others. The basis for virtual lab development is the computer-aided system of thermogasdynamic research and analysis “ASTRA”. The features of gas turbine engine transient modes simulator are described. The principal difference between the simulators of transient and stationary modes of gas turbine engines is that the energy balance of the compressor and turbine becomes not applicable. The computer-aided system of virtual gas turbine engine testing was created using the developed transient modes simulator. This system solves the tasks of operational (throttling, speed, climatic, altitude) characteristics calculation, analysis of transient dynamics and selection of optimal control laws. Besides, the system of virtual gas turbine engine testing is a clear demonstration of gas turbine engine working process and the regularities of engine elements collaboration. The interface of the system of virtual gas turbine engine testing is described in the article and some screenshots of the interface elements are provided. The developed system of virtual gas turbine engine testing provides means for reducing the laboriousness of gas turbine engines testing. Besides, the implementation of this system in the learning process allows the diversification of lab works and therefore improve the quality of training.