A Review: Fiber Metal Laminates (FML’s) - Manufacturing, Test Methods and Numerical Modeling
Weight reduction of components is the main aim of different industrial sectors. This leads to increasing application areas of fiber composites for primary structural components. Aiming this objective, a new lightweight Fiber/Metal Laminate (FML) has been developed. Fiber metal laminate is one such...
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Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang
2016
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16155/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16155/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16155/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16155/1/ftek-2016-10.pdf |
| Summary: | Weight reduction of components is the main aim of different industrial sectors. This leads to
increasing application areas of fiber composites for primary structural components. Aiming this objective, a
new lightweight Fiber/Metal Laminate (FML) has been developed. Fiber metal laminate is one such material
which is being widely investigated for its performance compared to existing material.. The most commercially
available fiber metal laminates (FML’s) are ARALL (Aramid Reinforced Aluminium Laminate), based on
aramid fibers, GLARE (Glass Reinforced Aluminium Laminate), based on high strength glass fibers and
CARALL (Carbon Reinforced Aluminium Laminate), based on carbon fibers. The mechanical properties of
FML show advantages over the properties of both aluminium alloys and composite materials individual. This
paper reviews relevant literature which deals with different manufacturing techniques for FML’s with
excellent properties under tensile, flexure and impact conditions. It also reviewed recent modeling techniques
on FML’s. Modeling of tensile, flexure and impacts behavior on fiber metal laminates requires
understanding the bonding between the metal and composite layer. Further research is necessary in the
assessment of mechanical performance of complex structures in real world conditions. |
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