The effect of material heterogeneity on the shock response of layered systems in plate impact tests

Journal of Composites Technology and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 232-238

  Chandra, Namas ^a   Chen, Xianglei ^a   Rajendran, A M ^a  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

High velocity impact response; Layered heterogeneous materials; Plate impact; Rise characteristics; Scattering

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DELAMINATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHOCK WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MONOLITHIC METALLIC SYSTEM; PLATE IMPACT TEST; SHOCK RESPONSE; SHOCK WAVE PROPAGATION; THERMOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; UNIAXIAL STRAIN;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 0036811377     PISSN: 08846804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/ctr10929j     Document Type: Article

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