Print Email Facebook Twitter Strain Rate Dependen 3-Point Bending Test and Simulation of a Unidirectional Carbon/Epoxy Composite Title Strain Rate Dependen 3-Point Bending Test and Simulation of a Unidirectional Carbon/Epoxy Composite Author Righi, R. Contributor Kassapoglou, C. (mentor) Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Aerospace Structures & Materials Date 2017-03-20 Abstract In order to use composite materials in automotive production while ensuring that passengers safety it is crucial to fully understand the strain rate effect on their mechanical properties.This study implements a strain rate dependent 3-point bending test setup for a high rate servo-hydraulic testing machine. A finite element model to simulate strain rate dependent 3-point bending tests has been created and used for the validation of material cards that consider strain rate dependent material properties.The test setup developed allows the correct characterisation of the strain rate dependent 3-point bending tests. The study also demonstrates that strain rate effects can be successfully considered in finite element simulations. Subject Strain rate3-point bendingimpactFEMmaterial cardsimulationdigital image correlation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b012a2e8-7ae0-4b26-aed8-8c32df1aff6e Embargo date 2022-03-20 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2017 Righi, R. Files PDF Riccardo_Righi_4413903_MS ... Thesis.pdf 17.39 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b012a2e8-7ae0-4b26-aed8-8c32df1aff6e/datastream/OBJ/view