Damage advancement behavior in braided composite structures for mini aerial vehicles

• Main Authors: Zhong, Yucheng, Suraj, Ravindrababu, Wang, Chen, Chia, Elvin Ser Ming, Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant, Chen, Zhong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Braided Composite; Landing Gear
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81158; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50061
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work provides a systematic approach to accurately predict damage progression in a composite structure subjected to bending load. Landing gear structures for unmanned aerial vehicles were fabricated from braided textile preforms and assessed for flexural behavior. A multiscale finite element ana...