The influence of core height and face plate thickness on the response of honeycomb sandwich panels subjected to blast loading

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1887-1899

  Chi, Y ^a   Langdon, G S ^a   Nurick, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blast loading; Honeycomb; Panels; Sandwich

Indexed keywords

AIR BLAST; ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB; BLAST LOADING; FACE PLATES; HONEYCOMB CORE; HONEYCOMB PANELS; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS; MILD STEEL; PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES; PLATE THICKNESS; SANDWICH PANEL; STAND-OFF;

ALUMINUM; CARBON STEEL; EXPLOSIVES; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; NITRATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 73049094029     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.10.058     Document Type: Article

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