Shock attenuation of PMMA sandwich panels filled with soda-lime glass beads: A fluid-structure interaction continuum model simulation

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-59

  Christou, George A ^a   Young, Laurence R ^a   Goel, Rahul ^a   Vechart, Andrew P ^a   Jérusalem, Antoine ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fluid structure interaction; Foam; Shock propagation; Soda lime glass

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION PROPERTIES; BLAST WAVES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONTINUUM MODEL; EXPERIMENT VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FILLER MATERIALS; HIGH DENSITY; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; LOWER DENSITY; PEAK PRESSURE; PROPAGATION TIME; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REACTION FORCES; RELATED INJURIES; SANDWICH PANEL; SHOCK ATTENUATION; SHOCK LOADINGS; SHOCK PROPAGATION; SODA LIME GLASS; SOLID FOAM; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; TEST SPECIMENS; TRANSMITTED WAVES;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTS; EXPLOSIVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FOAMS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LIME;

FILLERS;

EID: 84860530129     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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