Modelling the behaviour of composite sandwich structures when subject to air-blast loading

• Published in: The international journal of multiphysics Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 199 - 218
• Main Authors: Arora, H., Hooper, P., Del Linz, P., Yang, H., Chen, S., Dear, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MULTIPHYSICS 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Carbon fiber reinforced plastics; Explosions; Failure; Glass fiber reinforced plastics; Mathematical models; Panels; Sandwich structures

Large-scale glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) and carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) sandwich structures (1.6 m x 1.3 m) were subject to explosive air blast (100 kg TNT equivalent) at stand-off distances of 14 m. Digital image correlation (DIC) was used to obtain full-field data for the rear...