Experimental Investigation on the Mechanical Properties of Dactyl-Inspired Fiber-Metal Laminates with Glass Fiber
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https://doi.org/10.38032/scse.2025.3.96Keywords:
Dactyl structure, Glass fiber, FML, Tensile properties, Impact resistanceAbstract
The dactyl club of mantis shrimps has a periodic region with extraordinary mechanical properties, due to a helical structure made up of mineralized fibers. It has been established that composites made of a similar structure by rearranging the fiber orientation increase the performance characteristics of composites. In this paper, a dactyl-inspired unidirectional glass fiber-reinforced plastic fiber-metal laminate (UGFRP FML) is developed and its tensile and impact-resistant characteristics have been discussed. The tensile properties of UGFRP FML have been compared with two types of thermoplastic fiber metal laminates (TFMLs) that are self-reinforced polypropylene (Al/Curv) and glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (Al/Twintex) TFMLs and the impact properties compared with two types of GLARE samples. It has been found that the tensile strength of UGFRP FML (120.337 MPa) is 140.5% and 119.92% less than that of the Al/Curv (265 MPa) and Al/Twintex (290 MPa) whereas the maximum elongation of UGFRP FML is 5.61% less than Al/Curv and 0.22% more than Al/Twintex. The energy absorption capability of the UGFRP FML (61.67 J) has been found 25.86% and 137.19% more than that of the two types of GLARE specimens. The findings exhibit that the dactyl configuration of glass fiber in the composite is a successful method of enhancing FML's elongation to failure and impact resistance.
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