Effect of physical and geometrical parameters on transverse low-velocity impact response of sandwich panels with a transversely flexible core

Composite Structures

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-443

  Khalili, M R ^a   Malekzadeh, K ^a   Mittal, R K ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Contact behavior modeling; Geometrical parameters; Low velocity transverse impact; Sandwich panel

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; IMPACT RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CONTACT BEHAVIOR MODELING; IMPROVED HIGHER-ORDER SANDWICH PLATE THEORY; TRANSVERSE LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT RESPONSE;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE; DYNAMICS; FORCE; IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 33751174318     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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