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The authors acknowledge the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and FEDER program under the Projects RTC-2015-3887-8 and DPI2017-88166-R for the financial support of the work.

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Analysis of impact energy absorption by lightweight aramid structures

Publicated to:Composite Structures. 203 917-926 - 2018-11-01 203(), DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.06.092

Authors: Moure, M M; Rubio, I; Aranda-Ruiz, J; Loya, A; Rodriguez-Millan, M

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Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Continuum Mech & Struct Anal, Avda Univ 30, Madrid 28911, Spain - Author
Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Mech Engn, Avda Univ 30, Madrid 28911, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper presents and analyses the behaviour of aramid composite plates subjected to low and medium impact energies. In order to study the material behaviour under impact loading, experimental tests have been performed using a drop-weight tower and a pneumatic gas gun within the range of impact energies (20 J< E-i(mP) < 600 J). The plates are impacted by hemispherical impactor and spherical projectile for drop-weight and impact tests, respectively. The influence of areal density is also evaluated in terms of absorption energy. Energy Profile Diagrams (EPD) are used to identify the penetration and perforation thresholds enabling the definition of the nopenetration, penetration and perforation zones. The results revealed that there is a greater energy absorption capacity in thin plate than in thick plate for low impact energy values. However, areal density is relevant in the energy absorption capacity for high impact energy values.

Keywords

Absorption energyAramid compositeAreal densityBallistic impactDrop-weight testsEpoxy-laminated compositesKevlarResistance

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Composite Structures due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 6/25, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Materials Science, Composites.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.02. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 2.99 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-16, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 31
  • Scopus: 34
  • OpenCitations: 32

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 62.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 62 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Moure Cuadrado, Marta María) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Moure Cuadrado, Marta María.