About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Natural Fibers and Biocomposites
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| Presentation Title |
Effect of natural fiber-reinforced composite material on optimized structures under impact loads. A computational and experimental approach |
| Author(s) |
Edisson Ordonez, Henry Colorado, Wilfredo Montealegre |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Edisson Ordonez |
| Abstract Scope |
Computational modeling of different materials, including natural fiber-reinforced composites, has developed in parallel with experimental research in this field. Furthermore, it is well known that fiber-reinforced composites are widely used in impact load dissipation. This, coupled with topology optimization methods, can drive new structural designs that improve the performance of energy dissipation systems. In this work, natural hemp fibers were used to manufacture a fiber-reinforced composite material as the first layer, and an ABS polymer core was used as a flexible energy dissipation material. Natural fiber-reinforced composites, combined with topology optimization of the ABS polymer structure, generated an efficient impact energy dissipation system, which was subsequently modeled using the finite element method (FEM). To validate the results, the computational models were compared with the experimental ones, using the mechanical properties of the hemp composite and the ABS. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Composites, Mechanical Properties, Modeling and Simulation |