JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS, cilt.50, sa.25, ss.3551-3559, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation on low velocity impact response of S2 glass/epoxy and aramid/epoxy composite plates. Two different impact energy levels, 20 J and 30 J, were considered for impact tests. The commercial software called LS-DYNA was used in order to perform numerical simulations. The experimental and numerical results were found to be in good agreement.