Dynamic response of curved composite panels to underwater explosive loading: Experimental and computational comparisons

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3072-3081

  LeBlanc, James ^a   Shukla, Arun ^b  

^a NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast Loading; Composite damage; Composite materials; Shock loading; Underwater explosion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXPLOSIVES; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATES; SHOCK TESTING; SHOCK TUBES; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS;

BLAST LOADING; COMPOSITE DAMAGE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPARISONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DISPLACEMENT PROFILES; SHOCK LOADINGS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DIGITAL IMAGES;

HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052364446     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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