Assessment of the Damage Tolerance of Post-Buckled Hat-Stiffened Panels using Single Stringer Specimens
Author(s) -
Chiara Bisagni,
Riccardo Vescovini,
Carlos G. Dávila
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nasa sti repository (national aeronautics and space administration)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.2514/6.2010-2696
Subject(s) - stringer , damage tolerance , structural engineering , delamination (geology) , materials science , finite element method , compression (physics) , nonlinear system , composite number , composite material , shell (structure) , engineering , geology , paleontology , physics , subduction , quantum mechanics , tectonics
A procedure is proposed for the assessment of the damage tolerance and collapse of stiffened composite panels using a single-stringer compression specimen. The dimensions of the specimen are determined such that the specimen’s nonlinear response and collapse are representative of an equivalent multi-stringer panel in compression. Experimental tests are conducted on specimens with and without an embedded delamination. A shell-based finite element model with intralaminar and interlaminar damage capabilities is developed to predict the postbuckling response as well as the damage evolution from initiation to collapse.
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