Damage suppression system using embedded SMA (shape memory alloy) foils in CFRP laminate structures

Toshimichi Ogisu; Masakazu Shimanuki; Satoshi Kiyoshima; Junji Takaki; Nobuo Takeda

doi:10.1117/12.483882

14 August 2003 Damage suppression system using embedded SMA (shape memory alloy) foils in CFRP laminate structures

Toshimichi Ogisu, Masakazu Shimanuki, Satoshi Kiyoshima, Junji Takaki, Nobuo Takeda

Proceedings Volume 5054, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483882
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the demonstrator program with respect to the damage growth suppression effects using embedded SMA foils in CFRP laminates. The damage growth suppression effects were demonstrated for the technical verification in order to apply to aircraft structure. In our previous studies, the authors already confirmed the damage growth suppression effects of CFRP laminates with embedded pre-strained SMA foils through both coupon and structural element tests. It was founded that these effects were obtained by the suppression of the strain energy release rate based on the suppression of the crack opening displacement due to the recovery stress of SMA foils through the detail observation of the damage behavior. In this study, these results were verified using the demonstrator test article, which was 1/3-scaled model of commercial airliner fuselage structure. For the demonstration of damage growth suppression effects, the evaluation area was located in the lower panel, which was dominated in tension load during demonstration. The evaluation area is the integrated stiffened panel including both “smart area” (CFRP laminate with embedded pre-strained SMA foils) and “conventional area” (standard CFRP laminate) for the direct comparison. The demonstration was conducted at 80 degree Celsius in smart area and room temperature (RT) in conventional area during quasi-static load-unload test method. As the test results, the demonstrator test article presented that the damage onset strain in the smart area was improved by 30% for compared with the conventional area. Therefore, the successful technical verification of the damage onset/growth suppression effect using the demonstrator presented the feasibility of the application of smart material and structural system to aircraft structures.

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Toshimichi Ogisu, Masakazu Shimanuki, Satoshi Kiyoshima, Junji Takaki, and Nobuo Takeda "Damage suppression system using embedded SMA (shape memory alloy) foils in CFRP laminate structures", Proc. SPIE 5054, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, (14 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483882

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