Investigation of Dynamic behavior of Unidirectional Plies Using One Parameter Plastic Model

In this article constitutive equations on dynamic behavior of off- axis polymer matrix composites in different strain rates were investigated. Using the Hill Anisotropy and assumptions governing in fiber composites, a model was developed to express the dynamic behavior of polymer matrix composites. Using the flow rules and effective stress and assumptions in fiber composites like non plastic behavior of composites in fiber direction, the Hill parameters were omitted and reduced to one namely a_66 parameter. This model was called2D one- Parameter Plastic Model (also it can be developed for 3D composite layers). This model was developed for off axis composites as well. For each composite with different fiber directions, effective stress- effective strain was introduced. With choosing the right value for parameter a_66 by try and error, all the stress- strain curves were collapsed in to one single curve. Using this model and the experimental static and quasi- static results gathered from different authors (in range of〖 0.01s〗^(-1)), a viscoplastic model was obtained which can predict the polymer composite respond both in static and high strain rate tests (between 400 s^(-1) and 700s^(-1)). Constant parameters in high strain rates in this model were calculated through extrapolating the data in the static test rang. The accuracy of this model was investigated and approved by Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar test. The results showed that the visco plastic model can predict the dynamic respond of composite fibers in high strain rates very well.