A numerical simulation of the blast impact of square metallic sandwich panels

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 687-699

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Zhao, Longmao ^a,b   Lu, Guoxing ^a,c   Gad, Emad ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blast loading; FE model; Honeycomb; Large plastic deformation; Sandwich panel

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXPLOSIVES; LOADING; MODEL STRUCTURES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

BLAST LOADING; FE MODEL; HONEYCOMB; LARGE PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SANDWICH PANEL;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 59649100166     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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