Non-explosive simulated blast loading of balsa core sandwich composite beams

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2768-2784

  Chen, Antony ^a   Kim, Hyonny ^a   Asaro, Robert J ^a   Bezares, Jiddu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Balsa core; Blast loading; Dynamic composite failure; High strain rate; Non explosive; Sandwich

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COREMAKING; DYNAMIC LOADS; EXPLOSIVES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FOAM CONTROL; PROJECTILES; TESTING;

BALSA CORE; BLAST LOADING; DYNAMIC COMPOSITES; HIGH STRAIN RATES; NON EXPLOSIVES; SANDWICH;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 80052352639     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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