Uniaxial crushing of sandwich plates under air blast: Influence of mass distribution

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 2297-2321

  Main, Joseph A ^a   Gazonas, George A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air blast; Finite elements; Fluid structure interaction; Metallic foams; Optimization; Sandwich plates

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; OPTIMIZATION;

AIR BLAST; ENERGY-ABSORBING MATERIALS; METALLIC FOAMS; SANDWICH PLATES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 39049126896     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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