Protection of sandwich plates from low-velocity impact

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1317-1331

  Dvorak, George J ^a   Suvorov, Alexander P ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage resistance; Interfacial delamination; Protective interlayers; Sandwich plates

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; WATERPROOFING;

DAMAGE RESISTANCE; INTERFACIAL DELAMINATION; PROTECTIVE INTERLAYERS; SANDWICH PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 33745946726     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998305059053     Document Type: Article

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