Multi-scale ballistic material modeling of cross-plied compliant composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 468-482

  Grujicic, M ^a   Arakere, G ^a   He, T ^a   Bell, W C ^a   Glomski, P S ^a   Cheeseman, B A ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Armor grade composites; B. Damage tolerance; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ANSYS INC.; AREAL DENSITIES; ARMOR PANEL; ATOMIC LEVELS; B. DAMAGE TOLERANCE; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); COMPOSITE LAMINATE; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE-ELEMENT PROGRAMS; IMPACT VELOCITIES; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; MATERIAL MODELING; MATERIAL MODELS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTISCALE; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENE FIBERS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRANSVERSE IMPACT; UNIT CELLS; USER MATERIAL SUBROUTINE;

ARMOR; CELL MEMBRANES; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; POLYMERS; PROJECTILES; SIMULATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEEL SHEET;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 67651111847     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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