In-plane compression response of woven CFRP composite after low-velocity impact: Modelling and experiment

To predict the low-velocity impact (LVI) and compression-after-impact (CAI) behaviour of woven carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites, a finite element (FE) model was developed addressing the inter-laminar and intra-laminar failure of the CFRP composites. First, LVI and CAI experiments were performed to obtain the force-displacement relations, failure modes, microscopic damage and CAI strength of the CFRP laminates, and the...