%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of the Contact Geometry on High Strain Rate Behavior of Woven Graphite/Epoxy Composites
%A Fatih Turan
%A Mohammad R. Allazadeh
%A Sylvanus N. Wosu
%J Journal of Materials Science Research
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/jmsr.v1n1p107
%X Effects of the contact geometry on high strain rate failure behavior of woven graphite/epoxy composites are presented. Compressive split Hopkinson pressure bar was used for high strain rate experiments. Woven graphite/epoxy composites were loaded transversely using two different contact geometries at the impact energies of 67 J and 163 J. It is observed that smaller contact area gives higher damage, resulting in higher energy absorption, elastic modulus and strain rate and peak stress in the specimens.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jmsr/article/view/13998