Table 8 The effect of the lay-up technique on the relative damage measured through the flexural test.

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

Specimen

Relative peak load (%)

Relative deflection corresponding to peak load (%)

Relative max. deflection (%)

Relative flexural stiffness (%)

[Al/0°/90°/0°/Al] hand lay-up

− 22.33

30.65

1.65

− 40.6

[Al/0°/90°/0°/Al] sandwich

− 45.89

− 15.04

− 5.27

− 36.31

[0°/90°/0°] hand lay-up

− 52.21

26.59

26

− 62.25

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