Advanced composite sandwich structure design for energy absorption applications: Blast protection and crashworthiness

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2198-2208

  Tarlochan, F ^a   Ramesh, S ^b   Harpreet, S ^a  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Foams; A. Glass fibres; B. Delamination; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; BLAST PROTECTION; COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE SANDWICHES; CRUSH FORCE EFFICIENCY; CRUSHING LOAD; DESIGN VARIABLES; ENERGY ABSORBERS; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH-ENERGY ABSORPTION; PEAK LOAD; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYSTYRENE FOAMS; QUASI-STATIC COMPRESSION; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION;

CRASHWORTHINESS; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL TESTING; POLYSTYRENES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84861191142     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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