Punch shear behavior of thick-section composites under quasi-static, low velocity, and ballistic impact loading

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 1177-1189

  Gama, Bazle A ^a   Waliul Islam, S M ^a   Rahman, Mostafezur ^a   Gillespie Jr , John W ^a,b   Bogetti, Travis A ^c   Cheeseman, Bryan A ^c   Yen, Chian Fong ^c   Hoppel, Chris P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic Impact; Damage Mechanisms; Energy Absorption; Low Velocity Impact; Quasi Static Punch Shear Test; Thick Section Composites

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC IMPACT; DAMAGE MECHANISM; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT; THICK-SECTION COMPOSITES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK INITIATION; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 31944440238     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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