Mechanical properties and failure mode of thin-ply fiber metal laminates under out-of-plane loading

In this study, fiber metal laminates (FMLs), which consisted of thin-ply prepreg and stainless steel layers with a ply thickness of 0.04 mm, were fabricated with the aim of suppressing the fiber breakage that decreases the compression-after-impact (CAI) strength. Then, static flexural tests of FMLs were conducted to investigate the effects of the number of metal layers on the failure mode and mechanical properties during static out-of-plane...