Effect of Transverse Low Velocity Impact Damage on Torsional and Bending Strength of Hybrid Aluminium/Composite Tubes: A Review

Nowadays, the use of composite materials in our lives has become very common and these are found application as robot arms, drive shafts, furniture, transportation, tube structures for sports equipment, rocket structures, truss structures, landing gears for helicopters, building and infrastructural system. The major reasons for switching toward composite materials are due to their properties of higher specific stiffness, strength and performance that are comparable with conventional materials. Low velocity Impact damage during the service life of structures made up of composite materials is a major anxious since its mechanical strength can be enormously reduced as a result of such damage. Recently the interest of researchers has been directed towards on low velocity impact damage and the prediction of residual strengths of damaged fibre-reinforced composite materials, using them as potential substitutes for metals. These statistics indicate that this is a very dynamic area of research, and the main focus of present article seeks to provide comprehensive review of previous and recent research work published on torsional and bending strength of hybrid composite structures after low velocity impact damage.