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

H. Arora, P. Hooper, P. Del Linz, H. Yang, S. Chen, J. Dear, Hari Arora Orcid Logo

The International Journal of Multiphysics, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 199 - 218

Swansea University Author: Hari Arora Orcid Logo

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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...

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ISSN: 1750-9548
Published: 2012
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spelling 2017-11-28T14:28:19.6004968 v2 37202 2017-11-28 Modelling the behaviour of composite sandwich structures when subject to air-blast loading ed7371c768e9746008a6807f9f7a1555 0000-0002-9790-0907 Hari Arora Hari Arora true false 2017-11-28 MEDE 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-face of each deforming target. A steel plate of comparable mass per unit area was also subjected to the same blast conditions for comparison. The experimental data was then verified with finite element models generated in Abaqus/Explicit. Close agreement was obtained between the numerical and experimental results, confirming that the CFRP panels had a superior blast performance to the GFRP panels. Moreover all composite targets sustained localised failures (that were more severe in the GFRP targets) but retained their original shape post blast. The rear-skins remained intact for each composite target with core shear failure present. Journal Article The International Journal of Multiphysics 6 3 199 218 1750-9548 31 12 2012 2012-12-31 10.1260/1750-9548.6.3.199 COLLEGE NANME Biomedical Engineering COLLEGE CODE MEDE Swansea University 2017-11-28T14:28:19.6004968 2017-11-28T14:27:13.0328704 Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Biomedical Engineering H. Arora 1 P. Hooper 2 P. Del Linz 3 H. Yang 4 S. Chen 5 J. Dear 6 Hari Arora 0000-0002-9790-0907 7
title Modelling the behaviour of composite sandwich structures when subject to air-blast loading
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title_short Modelling the behaviour of composite sandwich structures when subject to air-blast loading
title_full Modelling the behaviour of composite sandwich structures when subject to air-blast loading
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description 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-face of each deforming target. A steel plate of comparable mass per unit area was also subjected to the same blast conditions for comparison. The experimental data was then verified with finite element models generated in Abaqus/Explicit. Close agreement was obtained between the numerical and experimental results, confirming that the CFRP panels had a superior blast performance to the GFRP panels. Moreover all composite targets sustained localised failures (that were more severe in the GFRP targets) but retained their original shape post blast. The rear-skins remained intact for each composite target with core shear failure present.
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