Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Pressure Pulse Response of Composite Sandwich Panels with Plastic Core Damping

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 5-25-2012

Abstract

An analytical technique is presented for obtaining the large amplitude, damped response of a foam-core composite sandwich panel subjected to uniform pressure pulse loading. The predicted panel response was in agreement with finite element analysis, and it was used to examine the blast resistance of panels with various foam cores. Although blast resistance generally increased with the increasing core density, panels with the densest cores exhibited no energy absorption before panel failure. The panel with the PVC H200 foam also sustained higher failure pressure per unit areal weight density than the denser panels with Klegecell R300 and HCP100 foams.

Publication Title

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volume

14

Issue

4

First Page

397

Last Page

429

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