Impact Analysis of Bio-composite Laminate for Low and Intermediate Velocity Application

The bio-composite materials are compatible with many diversified applications except in marine or submerged instances. An attempt is made in this work to foresee the bio-composite built with Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) as a principal constituent and natural biodegradable fibres (peels of lemon, sweet lim...

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Published inInternational journal of vehicle structures and systems Vol. 14; no. 7; pp. 918 - 924
Main Authors Suresh, H.K., Shreeshail, M.L., Arunakumara, P.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chennai MechAero Foundation for Technical Research & Education Excellence 25.12.2022
Subjects
Acids
Biodegradability
Biomedical materials
CAD
Carbon
Composite materials
Computer aided design
Design
Energy absorption
Fiber composites
Impact analysis
Lactic acid
Moisture absorption
Polymers
Simulation
Substrates
Velocity
Workbenches
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Summary:The bio-composite materials are compatible with many diversified applications except in marine or submerged instances. An attempt is made in this work to foresee the bio-composite built with Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) as a principal constituent and natural biodegradable fibres (peels of lemon, sweet lime, potato and onion). The project is aimed to build the laminate structure model with the substrate as PLA reinforced with natural fibres using ANSYS Workbench. The simulation test was carried out with various parameters: single impact, uniform pressure, sphere of influence energy absorption. Natural fibre composites were built with a volume fraction of 10%, 20% and 30% of PLA to arrive at optimum results. The computation analysis was carried out using explicit dynamic analysis as a solver and a model of impact analyser was built-in design modeller that is available in ANSYS Workbench. The simulation results are considered for further experimental testing as future work with analytical calculations referred to in ASTM D7136.
ISSN:0975-3060
0975-3540
DOI:10.4273/ijvss.14.7.18