Table 5 The effect of the lay-up technique on the results of the tensile test.

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

Specimen

Avg. peak load (kN)

Coefficient of variation (COV%)

Displacement corresponding to peak load (mm)

Max. displacement (mm)

Without impact

After impact

Without impact

After impact

Without impact

After impact

Without impact

After impact

[Al/0°/90°/0°/Al] hand lay-up

14.02

5.59

8.23

4.27

5.13

5.24

8.33

5.39

[Al/0°/90°/0°/Al] sandwich

17.69

6.65

3.62

2.73

5.73

6.14

6.84

7.82

[0°/90°/0°] hand lay-up

6.68

3.22

3.79

6.87

2.24

3.94

2.78

4.52

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