Low-velocity impact damage initiation in graphite-epoxy/nomex honeycomb sandwich plates

37th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structure, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1765-1773

  Herup, Eric J ^a   Palazotto, Anthony N ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; DELAMINATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EPOXY RESINS; GRAPHITE; IMPACT TESTING;

COMPOSITE SANDWICH PLATES; DAMAGE INITIATION; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PLATES; INTERNAL DAMAGES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT; LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT DAMAGE; MATRIX CRACKING; CORE CRUSHING; GRAPHITE EPOXY FACESHEETS; IMPACT ENERGIES; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT DAMAGE; NOMEX HONEYCOMB CORE;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0029724702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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