Impact Resistant Composite Materials
F.or Casfi In Transit GIT Security Boxes
i'I Aim: Define a suitable composite material to be adopted in the development of the new Cash In Transit box at Spinnaker International Limited Produce a full size model
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Define potential fibre reinforcement architecture
Source Laminate properties of the selected reinforcement
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Define laminates to be manufactured
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Estimate forces produced by the impact testing
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Implement the results
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Analyse failure modes induced by impact testing
Carry out impact testing on specimens
Manufacture test samples by resin infusion under flexible tooling
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Joseph Barnaby, Stage 4 Mechanical Engineering with Composites Universtiy Plymouth (26th April 2012)
PRME304 - Honours Project Open Day
