Energy absorption characteristics of sandwich structures subjected to low-velocity impact

• Main Author: Foo, Choon Chiang
• Other Authors: Chai Gin Boay
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/15558
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This dissertation presents experimental, numerical and analytical investigations of sandwich plates subjected to quasi-static loading and low-velocity impact. The objectives of this research are to predict the low-velocity impact response and damage in a sandwich structure, and to characterise the e...