Damage in hybrid corrugated core sandwich structures under high velocity hail ice impact:A numerical study

Potential damage in composite structures caused by hail ice impact is an essential safety threat to the aircraft in flight.In this study,a nonlinear finite element(FE)model is developed to investigate the dynamic response and damage behavior of hybrid corrugated sandwich structures subjected to high velocity hail ice impact.The impact and breaking behavior of hail are described using the FE-smoothed particle hydrodynamics(FE-SPH)method.A rate-dependent progressive damage model is employed to capture the intra-laminar damage response;cohesive element and surface-based cohesive contact are implemented to predict the inter-laminar delamination and sheet/core debonding phenomena respectively.The transient processes of sandwich structure under different hail ice impact conditions are analyzed.Comparative analysis is conducted to address the influences of core shape and impact position on the impact performance of sandwich structures and the corresponding energy absorption characteristics are also revealed.

Macro-phenomenological high-strain-rate elastic fracture model for ice-impact simulations

The ice impact can cause a severe damage to an aircraft’s exposed structure,thus,requiring its prevention.The numerical simulation represents an effective method to overcome this challenge.The establishment of the ice material model is critical.However,ice is not a common structural material and exhibits an extremely complex material behavior.The material models of ice reported so far are not able to accurately simulate the ice behavior at high strain rates.This study proposes a novel high-precision macro-phenomenological elastic fracture model based on the brittle behavior of ice at high strain rates.The developed model has been compared with five reported models by using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method so as to simulate the ice-impact process with respect to the impact speeds and ice shapes.The important metrics and phenomena(impact force history,deformation and fragmentation of the ice projectile and deflection of the target)were compared with the experimental data reported in the literature.The findings obtained from the developed model are observed to be most consistent with the experimental data,which demonstrates that the model represents the basic physics and phenomena governing the ice impact at high strain rates.The developed model includes a relatively fewer number of material parameters.Further,the used parameters have a clear physical meaning and can be directly obtained through experiments.Moreover,no adjustment of any material parameter is needed,and the consumption duration is also acceptable.These advantages indicate that the developed model is suitable for simulating the iceimpact process and can be applied for the anti-ice impact design in aviation.

Distribution of transparent exopolymer particles and their response to phytoplankton community structure changes in the Amundsen Sea,Antarctica

To understand the response of transparent exopolymer particles(TEP)to the changes in phytoplankton communities caused by melting sea ice,we collected samples from the polynya and open ocean affected by the Antarctic circumpolar current in the Amundsen Sea.TEP,pigments,and other environmental factors were analyzed.The results showed that high TEP content was mainly found in the polynya,and was higher in the surface layer than in the deep layer.The main factor that affected TEP distribution was the phytoplankton community.In the polynya area,the phytoplankton were dominated by low-iron Haptophyta.In the Antarctic circumpolar current region affected by ice-melting water,the dominant species was diatom type II.Our results revealed that low-iron Haptophyta may be the main contributors to TEP content.