Behaviour of sandwich panels subject to intense air blasts – Part 2: Numerical simulation

• Published in: Composite structures Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 442 - 450
• Main Authors: Karagiozova, D., Nurick, G.N., Langdon, G.S.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Blast loading; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Honeycomb; Numerical; Physics; Plates; Sandwich; Solid mechanics; Structural and continuum mechanics; Vibration, mechanical wave, dynamic stability (aeroelasticity, vibration control...); Sandwich; Blast loading; Numerical; Honeycomb; Plates; Mild steel; Sandwich structure; Aluminium; Experimental study; Modeling; Plate; Finite element method; Honeycomb structure; Blast wave; Dynamic load

Finite element simulation is employed to analyse the behaviour of clamped sandwich panels comprising equal thicknesses mild steel plates sandwiching an aluminium honeycomb core when subject to blast loadings. Pressure-time histories representative of blast loadings are applied to the front plate of...