Structural response and energy absorption of sandwich panels with an aluminium foam core under blast loading

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-536

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Zhao, Longmao ^a,b   Lu, Guoxing ^a,c   Wang, Zhihua ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; Blast loading; Energy absorption; FE simulation; Sandwich panel

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EXPLOSIVES; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LIGHT METALS;

ABSORPTION PERFORMANCES; ALUMINIUM FOAM; ALUMINIUM FOAMS; BLAST LOADING; BLAST LOADINGS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FE SIMULATION; FE SIMULATIONS; LOADING PROCESSES; LS-DYNA; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; REASONABLE AGREEMENTS; SANDWICH PANEL; SANDWICH PANELS; SIMULATION RESULTS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 56349087364     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/136943308786412005     Document Type: Article

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