An experimental investigation on impact response of laminated composite beams

摘要

Experiments based on a new technique were carried out to study the response of glass/epoxy laminated composite beams subjected to impact loading. A number of glass/epoxy composite beams with different fiber orientations, spans, thicknesses, and support conditions were impacted with an instrumented impact hammer and the responses were picked up using an accelerometer in conjunction with a spectrum analyzer. Free vibration test for some sample beams were also carried out to determine their fundamental frequencies.