TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Lightning strike simulation in composite structures
JO  - Key engineering materials
A1  - Espejel, de Toro
A1  - Fernandez, J.
A1  - Sharif Khodaei, Zahra
SP  - 181
EP  - 184
VL  - 754
IS  - 
N2  - Lighting strike is one of the critical threats to the safety of composite aircrafts during flight. This work reports on numerical simulation of lightning strike in composite structures. Different modelling techniques using the commercial software ABAQUS, together with damage models are studied to find the most appropriate one in comparison to experimental results. Once the numerical model is validated, the effect of insertion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and metallic mesh in the composite is investigated. It is concluded that inserting CNTs in the top layer of the composite can improve its lightning strike protection noticeably.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1013-9826
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.754.181
ID  - ref1
ER  -