Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact

Composite Structures

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 243-250

  Castanié, Bruno ^a   Aminanda, Yulfian ^b   Bouvet, Christophe ^a   Barrau, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compression after impact; Finite element analysis; Honeycomb core crush; Impact; Sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DATA COMPRESSION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; ICE; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); SET THEORY; SKIN; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TESTING;

(N-1) CRITERION; APPLIED (CO); COMPRESSION AFTER IMPACT (CAI); COMPRESSIVE LOADING; DAMAGED AREA; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE ELEMENT (FE); GEOMETRICAL NON LINEARITIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; NEUTRAL LINE; NOMEX HONEYCOMBS; NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION (NDS); NON-LINEAR RESPONSES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SANDWICH COMPOSITES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6);

IMPACT STRENGTH;

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LOADING (TESTING); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 46749100113     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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