Perforation of aluminium foam core sandwich panels under impact loading-An experimental study

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1246-1257

  Zhao, H ^a   Elnasri, I ^a   Girard, Y ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foam; Impact; Perforation; Sandwich panel; SHPB

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FOAMS; IMPACT TESTING; LASER APPLICATIONS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEET METAL; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

IMPACT LOADING; INVERSE PERFORATION TESTS; PERFORATION; SANDWICH PANELS; SHPB;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 33751417662     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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