h zarei - PhD candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, Iran
m fallah - Master student, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, North Kargar St, Tehran, Iran
h bisadi - Assisstant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, Iran
a.r daneshmehr - Assisstant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran,North Kargar St, Tehran, Iran

In this research, numerical investigation is performed to study the low velocity impact response of GLAss REinforce (GLARE) aluminum laminate impacted by different projectiles. Two impactor types, blunt and hemispherical are considered as projectiles to study the projectile nose effect. The simulation process has been accomplished using nonlinear explicit finite element software, LS-DYNA. The finite element simulation has been accomplished to investigate impact characteristics such as contact force history and damage mechanisms of laminate. The numerical results are verified by experimental results published in the open literature

GLARE, low velocity impact, projectile nose effect, LS-DYNA