ID 1596

 

Damage in CFRP Tubes Subjected to Projectile Impact

 

 

M.A. Will, T. Franz and G.N. Nurick

Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town

Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa

 

Keywords: projectile impact, energy dissipation/absorption, stacking sequence, carbon fibre reinforced polymer, filament wound