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Doctoral Thesis Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Impact Resistance and Impact Damage Tolerance of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyphenylene Sulfide (pps) Matrix Composite(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Seven, Semih Berk; Güden, Mustafa; Taşdemirci, AlperThe impact resistance and impact damage tolerance of an aerospace grade high performance 5 Harness Satin woven fabric carbon fiber reinforced/polyphenylene sulfide matrix (CF/PPS) thermoplastic composite were investigated experimentally and numerically. The numerical modeling was performed using the experimentally determined parameters of material model MAT-58 and Hashin failure criteria in LS-DYNA using the single shell and stacked shell models. The numerical models of the low velocity impact (LVI) tests showed good correlations with the experimental tests while the stacked shell model showed nearer results with the experimental tests. The stacked shell model also estimated the LVI test delamination areas, which were comparable with the experimental damage areas. The LVI tested coupons were further subjected to the compression after impact (CAI) tests in order to determine the damage tolerance of CF/PPS composite. The CAI tests were modeled using the single shell model. The numerical models of the CAI tests showed very similar trends with the experimental CAI tests. The trends were shown to be more converging in the specimens tested at 3 m/s and above in the LVI tests. Lastly, three high velocity impact (HVI) tests were performed at around 100 m/s. The failure mode of the HVI tests was shown to be very different from that of the LVI tests. The long longitudinal and transverse cracks were formed in the HVI tests. The delamination damage in the HVI tests determined using the stacked shell model was found to be more comparable with the experimental delamination damage determined by the C-Scan.Doctoral Thesis Advanced Material Characterization and Modeling the Foreign Body Impact Damage Initiation and Progression of a Laminated Carbon Composite(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023) Bayhan, Mesut; Taşdemirci, Alper; Güden, MustafaThe coupon level composite sample tests and the accompanying numerical models were carried out to predict the response of woven carbon fiber composite structures against impact. The numerical models of the coupon-level tests were implemented in LSDYNA software using the MAT_162 and MAT_58 composite material models. The results obtained by both quasi-static and dynamic tests were used to determine their constants. In addition to the tests that were used for the determination and calibration of the material model parameters, separate tests and their models were performed for the validation, including punch shear tests and low-velocity impact tests. It could be said that the material models examined were considered comprehensive and precise as the experimental results were well predicted by the numerical models. Also, the rate sensitivity of the woven carbon composite in the in-plane and thickness directions was investigated experimentally and numerically. In the tests, the DIC method was employed in the determination of the displacement and strain of the specimen. Based on the results obtained, it was concluded that the in-plane tensile properties are rate insensitive. Besides, the simulations of the component level tests, such as bird strike and drone impact, were established to investigate the damage initiation and propagation within the composite. It was found that the drone impact results in more severe damage compared to the bird impact. It is worth noting that the development of such precise composite material models to simulate dynamic loadings will definitely shorten the time between the beginning of designing and the component testing.Doctoral Thesis Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of the Blast-Like Loading of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites and Aluminum Corrugated Core Composite Sandwiches Through Projectile Impact Testing Using Aluminum Corrugated Projectiles(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2015) Odacı, İsmet Kutlay; Güden, Mustafa; Taşdemirci, AlperThis thesis develops and validates a laboratory scale blast-like testing method that can simulate explosive blast tests in air and under water without using explosives. The study has mainly focused on the shock loading potential of 1050 H14 trapezoidal corrugated core aluminium sandwich structures on E-glass/polyester composite plates and corrugated core composite sandwich structures experimentally, numerically and analytically. The composite plates were modelled using MAT_162 material model in LS-DYNA finite element code. Quasi-static and high strain rate tests were performed to determine the material model parameters of composite and corrugated structure. The resultant parameters were calibrated and validated by comparing the numerical results with the experimental results. The planar shock wave formation and propagation in corrugated core sandwich structures were shown experimentally using a direct impact Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar test set-up. Rigid-perfectly-plastic-locking material model and Hugoniot jump relations revealed the shock loading potential of the tested corrugated core sandwich structures. The shock loading response of composite plates and sandwich structures were investigated by firing the corrugated sandwich projectiles on the targets. These impact tests were also simulated numerically and an analytic model was used to predict the plate deflections. The experimentally, numerically and analytically determined back face deflections were compared with the deflections of the Conwep blast simulations in LS-DYNA. The results have shown that the corrugated core sandwich structures can generate shock loading as in the explosive blast tests and can be used to produce shock loads in laboratory scale experiments.