Underwater blast loading of sandwich beams: Regimes of behaviour

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3209-3221

  Tilbrook, M T ^a   Deshpande, V S ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fluid structure interaction; Lattice cores; Sandwich panel

Indexed keywords

BEAM BENDING; BLAST LOADING; FACE DEFLECTION; FINITE ELEMENTS; LATTICE CORES; MATERIAL STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE METRICS; REACTION FORCES; SANDWICH BEAMS; SANDWICH PANEL; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; SUPPORT FORCES; SUPPORT REACTION; TIME-SCALE; TIME-SCALES;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 67249117339     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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