Composite sandwich panels subjected to impact of a foreign body

• Main Author: Zhu, Shengqing.
• Other Authors: Chai Gin Boay
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Materials of construction
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51244
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This dissertation presents the experimental, numerical and analytical investigations on the impact behaviour of composite sandwich panels. The objectives of this research are to predict the low-velocity impact response and damage in composite sandwich panels, and to characterize the energy absorbed...