Damage investigation and assessment due to low-velocity impact on flax/glass hybrid composite plates
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In this paper, the authors present the results of full investigation of impact damage mechanisms on flax/vinyl ester laminated composite and flax-glass/vinel ester hybrid composite laminates caused by low-velocity impact using a drop weight impact machine.About:
This article is published in Composite Structures.The article was published on 2019-10-15 and is currently open access. It has received 50 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Composite laminates & Delamination.read more
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![Table 1. Mechanical and physical properties of flax fibre reinforced vinyl ester composite laminate [27]](/figures/table-1-mechanical-and-physical-properties-of-flax-fibre-5nf34nvk.png)
Table 1. Mechanical and physical properties of flax fibre reinforced vinyl ester composite laminate [27] 
Figure 8. Experimental and numerical impact force-time histories at 25 J of impact energy. 
Figure 14. Cross-sectional X-ray image of the XY plane of the (a) flax fibre, (b) glass fibre and (c) hybrid glass/flax reinforced composite specimen. 
Figure 7. Experimental and numerical impact force-displacement histories at 25 J of impact energy. 
Figure 12. (i) Damage propagation along the length for 5 (a, b, c, d & e) discrete points of interest on the specimen’s damaged area; (ii) for flax/VE, (iii) glass/VE and (iv) hybrid glass-flax/VE composite specimens. 
Figure 10. Impacted images of the flax fibre reinforced, glass fibre reinforced and flax/glass fibre hybrid reinforced composite specimen (from left to right) after the impact event at 25 J. (a) Front face; (b) back face.
![Table 1. Mechanical and physical properties of flax fibre reinforced vinyl ester composite laminate [27]](/figures/table-1-mechanical-and-physical-properties-of-flax-fibre-5nf34nvk.webp)
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