Aiea A.  Elhabak, Mostafa  Shazly, Tarek A.  Osman, Aly A.  Khattab, 
    Experimental and Numerical Behavior of Plain Hybrid Fiber
Metal Laminate Composites,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 14,Issue 23,
    2019,
    Pages 8874-8882,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2019.8874.8882,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.8874.8882)
    Abstract: This study presents an investigation to themechanical properties of FML components under static
axial and bending loads. Two types of Fiber Metal Laminates (FMLs), namely, FML 1 and 2 were considered
in the present research. FML1 contains 4 layers of laminated glass/epoxy laminate while FML 2 contains two
aramid fiber laminates that replaced the glass/epoxy laminates and adjacent to the inner metal layer. Experimental
stiffness and strength are discussed and compared with the theoretical values. Under bending loads, two
different end conditions are considered, free and fixed and the results both ends were compared. Finite Element
Analysis (FEA) was conducted to evaluate the FML properties and failure mode and compare them with the
experimental results. The outcome of the present study indicated that the mechanical properties of the FML
structures which named FML 2 were slightly higher than FML 1. Failure patterns were also, observed and
identified.
    Keywords: Woven e-Glass;Kevlar fabric;epoxy;hybrid aluminum composite;tensile;flexural;finite element
analysis