Response of pultruded composite tubes subjected to dynamic and impulsive axial loading

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 537-547

  Kakogiannis, D ^a,b   Chung Kim Yuen, S ^c   Palanivelu, S ^d   Van Hemelrijck, D ^b   Van Paepegem, W ^d   Wastiels, J ^b   Vantomme, J ^a   Nurick, G N ^c  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; B. Impact behaviour; Blast loading; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); D. Pultrusion

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRUSH LOADS; BLAST LOADING; DIFFERENT MASS; EXPLOSIVE LOADS; IMPACT BEHAVIOUR; PULTRUDED COMPOSITES; SERVO-HYDRAULIC MACHINE; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION;

COMPRESSION TESTING; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EXPLOSIVES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; PULTRUSION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84881504878     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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