A Data Driven Modelling Approach for the Strain Rate Dependent 3D Shear Deformation and Failure of Thermoplastic Fibre Reinforced Composites: Experimental Characterisation and Deriving Modelling Parameters Gerritzen, Johannes Hornig, Andreas Gröger, Benjamin Gude, Maik Engineering (miscellaneous) Ceramics and Composites <jats:p>The 3D shear deformation and failure behaviour of a glass fibre reinforced polypropylene in a shear strain rate range of γ˙=2.2×10−4 to 3.4 1s is investigated. An Iosipescu testing setup on a servo-hydraulic high speed testing unit is used to experimentally characterise the in-plane and out-of-plane behaviour utilising three specimen configurations (12-, 13- and 31-direction). The experimental procedure as well as the testing results are presented and discussed. The measured shear stress–shear strain relations indicate a highly nonlinear behaviour and a distinct rate dependency. Two methods are investigated to derive according material characteristics: a classical engineering approach based on moduli and strengths and a data driven approach based on the curve progression. In all cases a Johnson–Cook based formulation is used to describe rate dependency. The analysis methodologies as well as the derived model parameters are described and discussed in detail. It is shown that a phenomenologically enhanced regression can be used to obtain material characteristics for a generalising constitutive model based on the data driven approach.</jats:p> MDPI AG 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article doc-type:article text http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 https://ris.uni-paderborn.de/record/34256 Gerritzen J, Hornig A, Gröger B, Gude M. A Data Driven Modelling Approach for the Strain Rate Dependent 3D Shear Deformation and Failure of Thermoplastic Fibre Reinforced Composites: Experimental Characterisation and Deriving Modelling Parameters. <i>Journal of Composites Science</i>. 2022;6(10). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs6100318">10.3390/jcs6100318</a> eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/jcs6100318 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2504-477X info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/418701707 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess