Experimental investigation on damage mechanisms and buckling behaviors of thin composite laminates in compression after impact

This paper presented an experimental investigation on the damage mechanisms and buckling behaviors of thin composite laminates under low-velocity impact and compression-after-impact (CAI) loading conditions. Barely visible impact damage was introduced into the laminates through drop-weight impact tests. The CAI tests were performed with a non-standard device in order to suppress the global buckling of plates. Three different stacking sequences...