Experimental investigation of response of monolithic and bilayer plates to impulsive loads

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-89

  Amini, M R ^a   Isaacs, J B ^a   Nemat Nasser, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast protection; Experimental fracture analysis; Fluid structure interaction; Metal elastomer bilayer plate

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER PLATES; BLAST PROTECTION; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CURING TIME; DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS; DYNAMIC EVENTS; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL FRACTURE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FAILURE MITIGATION; FRONT FACE; IMPULSIVE LOADS; INTERFACE BONDING STRENGTH; LOADING DIRECTION; METALLIC STRUCTURES; METALLIC SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODELING; POLYUREAS; REALISTIC PHYSICS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; STEEL LAYERS; STEEL PLATES;

ABSORPTION; BLAST RESISTANCE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FRACTURE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PLATE METAL; RETROFITTING; RUBBER; STEEL; STRUCTURAL METALS; UREA;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 70349829654     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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