Response and Damage Tolerance of Composite Sandwich Structures under Low Velocity Impact

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Daniel, I M ^a   Abot, J L ^b   Schubel, P M ^c   Luo, J J ^d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ITW Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage modes; Damage tolerance; Impact behavior; Post impact behavior; Sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

CARBON/EPOXY; CLOSED CELLS; COMPOSITE SANDWICH BEAM; COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURE; DAMAGE MODES; DROP TOWERS; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FAILURE PATTERNS; FAILURE RESPONSE; FAR-FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IMPACT DAMAGES; IMPACT ENERGY LEVELS; IMPACT LOADINGS; IMPACT LOADS; INDUCED DAMAGE; LOAD HISTORY; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT; MODEL-BASED OPC; PEAK LOAD; POST-IMPACT BEHAVIOR; PVC FOAM; SANDWICH BEAMS; SANDWICH CORE MATERIALS; SANDWICH PANEL; STATIC LOADING; VARIOUS DENSITIES; WOVEN GLASS; DEFORMATION AND FAILURES; POST-IMPACT BEHAVIORS;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COREMAKING; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FOAMS; LAMINATES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; WEAVING; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LOADING; WOOD LAMINATES;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 84856099911     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-011-9479-y     Document Type: Article

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