Impact analysis of sandwich composites based on a refined plate element with strain energy updating

Composite Structures

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-51

  Icardi, U ^a   Ferrero, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

FEA; Induced damage; Low velocity impacts; Sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); REFINING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY;

CONTACT PROBLEMS; CONTACT RADIUS; CORE DAMAGES; FACE SHEETS; FEA; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; HIGH ORDERS; HONEYCOMB CORES; IMPACT ANALYSIS; IMPACT FORCES; IMPACTOR; IMPLICIT TIME INTEGRATIONS; INDUCED DAMAGE; ITERATIVE ALGORITHMS; LEAST-SQUARES; LOW VELOCITY IMPACTS; MULTILAYERED PLATES; NON-LINEAR STRAINS; PLATE ELEMENTS; PROGRAM STRUCTURES; SANDWICH COMPOSITES; TIME STEPS; TOP SURFACES; VON KARMAN; ZIG ZAGS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPOSITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 61449227384     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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