Numerical simulations of low-velocity impact on an aircraft sandwich panel

Composite Structures

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 353-360

  Meo, M ^a   Morris, A J ^a   Vignjevic, R ^a   Marengo, G ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GKN Aerospace   (United States)

Author keywords

Barely visible impact damage; Low velocity impact; Sandwich panel

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IMPACT-RESISTANT AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES; PENETRATION DAMAGE; ROUND-SHAPE IMPACTOR;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344083544     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2003.09.035     Document Type: Article

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