Mechanical Behavior and Damage Kinetics of Woven E-glass/vinylester Laminate Composites under High Strain Rate: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

Split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) is one of the most important and recognized apparatus used for characterizing the dynamic behavior of materials. In the first part of this study, the results from a series of SHPB tests on the woven composites are presented in this paper. The compressive material properties are determined by testing the [0/90]26 laminate systems from low to high strain rates. Samples of cubic geometry are tested in in-plane...