Energy absorption features of 3-D braided rectangular composite under different strain rates compressive loading

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 535-545

  Gu, Bohong ^a,b   Chang, Fu Kuo ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial for Computational and Mathematical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D braided composite; Compression; Energy absorption; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

3-D BRAIDED COMPOSITES; IMPACT LOADING; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR; STRAIN CURVES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 35648998930     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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