Thickness influence on ballistic impact behaviors of GLARE 5 fiber-metal laminated beams: Experimental and numerical studies

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2585-2598

  Seyed Yaghoubi, A ^a   Liaw, B ^a  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic impact; Fiber metal laminates; GLARE 5; High speed gas gun; Thickness influence

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE ELEMENT; BALLISTIC IMPACT; BALLISTIC IMPACT BEHAVIOR; BALLISTIC LIMIT VELOCITY; CONTACT FORCES; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; FIBER METAL LAMINATES; GAS GUN; IMPACT ENERGY; INCIDENT VELOCITY; INTERFACIAL DEBONDING; LAMINATED BEAMS; LS-DYNA; METAL VOLUME FRACTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PROJECTILE IMPACT; PROJECTILE VELOCITY; RESIDUAL VELOCITY; SPECIMEN THICKNESS; THICKNESS INFLUENCE;

GLARE; LAMINATING; PROJECTILES;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84860837129     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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