Constitutive Theories for Woven Composite Structures Subjected to Shock Loading; Experimental Validation Using a Conical Shock Tube

Woven polymer-based composites are currently used in a wide range of marine applications. These materials often exhibit highly nonlinear, rate dependent, anisotropic behavior under shock loadings. Correlation to transient response data, beyond an initial peak, is often difficult. The state of damage...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David R. Hufner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SAV-2011-0619