Pulse pressure loading of aircraft structural panels

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 496-506

  Simmons, M C ^a   Schleyer, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Aluminium; Blast loading; Dynamic pressure; Explosion; Finite elements; Laser welding; Riveted structures

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALUMINUM; BUCKLING; EXPLOSIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER BEAM WELDING; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BLAST LOADING; DYNAMIC PRESSURE; FINITE ELEMENTS; RIVETED STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 33746049789     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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