Table 11 Effect of the [90°] layers insertion on the relative damage measured through the tensile test.

From: Quasistatic tensile and flexural behaviors of fiber metal laminates after subjecting to uniaxial tensile impact loading

Specimen

Relative peak load (%)

Relative displacement corresponding to peak load (%)

Relative max. displacement (%)

Relative tensile stiffness (%)

[Al/0°/Al]

− 49.71

− 14.22

− 43.5

− 41.4

[Al/90°/0°/90°/Al]

− 75.45

− 8.33

− 20.8

− 73.21

[Al/0°/0°/Al]

− 76.2

− 42.14

− 30.9

− 58.5

[Al/0°/90°/0°/Al]

− 60.13

2.14

− 35.3

− 60.9