Experimental study of the low-velocity impact behaviour of primary sandwich structures in aircraft

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-175

  Leijten, Joris ^a   Bersee, Harald E N ^a   Bergsma, Otto K ^a   Beukers, Adriaan ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B. Damage tolerance; B. Impact behaviour; B. Mechanical properties; D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COREMAKING; DAMAGE DETECTION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

B. DAMAGE TOLERANCE; B. IMPACT BEHAVIOUR; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CAI TESTS; COMPOSITE SANDWICH PANELS; CORE DAMAGES; D. NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL-; FOAM CORES; IMPACT EVENTS; PRIMARY AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES; RESIDUAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS; VELOCITY IMPACTS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

EID: 58149398424     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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