Numerical simulation on impact response of Plain-woven C/SiC composite

Yang Yang, Fei Xu, Yueqing Zhang, Jianfeng Kou

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Abstract

The Thermal Protection System of the spacecraft will inevitably suffer the external shocks in service. 2D plain-woven C/SiC (2D-C/SiC) composite is a typical ceramic-matrix composite, which has been widely applied in the thermal protection structure. In this paper, firstly, the experiments that the steel balls impact to 2D-C/SiC composite under the velocity of 79 m/s ∼ 219m/s are investigated by using the air gun. Secondly, the material parameters of 2D-C/SiC are obtained based on an orthotropic constitutive material model in Autodyn, and numerical simulations corresponding to experimental conditions are carried out based on Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics method. The comparisons of the debris cloud structure, the B scan results and the axis velocity of debris cloud between the calculation results and the experimental data validate the ability of this model for describing the brittle characteristics and the softening behaviour of 2D-C/SiC under the impact load. Finally, the limit penetration depth of 2D-C/SiC under the impact by steel ball is predicted based on the simulation results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014
EditorsEugenio Onate, Xavier Oliver, Antonio Huerta
PublisherInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Pages2804-2809
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9788494284472
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2014
EventJoint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 20 Jul 201425 Jul 2014

Publication series

Name11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014

Conference

ConferenceJoint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period20/07/1425/07/14

Keywords

  • Ceramic-matrix composites
  • Debris cloud
  • High-speed photography
  • Orthotropic constitutive model
  • Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics

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