Explosion blast response of composites. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Adrian P. Mouritz, Yapa D.S. Rajapakse.
• Editors: Mouritz, Adrian P; Rajapakse, Y
• Contents: Front Cover; Explosion Blast Response of Composites; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Physics of Explosive Loading of Structures; Introduction; Air Blast; Simple Spherical Air Blast; Gas Dynamic Profiles; Air-Blast Loading Phenomena; Detonics Regime; Near-Field Shock Wave Load Amplification; Compound Shock Wave Load Amplifications; Shock Wave Reflection and Diffraction; Diffraction and Nonuniform Loading of Finite-Sized Targets; Underwater Explosive Loading; The Underwater Shock Wave; Boundary Reflections and Load Modification Load Modification From Structural ResponseThe Gas Bubble; Conclusions; References; 2 Experimental Techniques and Testing of Lightweight Naval Structures Against Weapons Effects; Naval Structural Vulnerability Assessment; Structural Vulnerability Assessment to Abovewater Weapons; Air Blast Testing Techniques; Structural Displacement and Strain; Fragmentation Analysis; Blast Wave Analysis; Composite Panel Testing; Structural Vulnerability Assessment to Underwater Weapons; Structural Response; Shock Testing Techniques and Assessing Vessel Response; Minehunter First-of-Class Ship Shock Trials Theoretical vs Experimental ResponseStructural Response Measurements; Rigid-Body Motion; Structural Resonant Frequency Response; GRP Composite T-Joint Testing; Testing Apparatus and T-Joint Specimen Installation; Instrumentation; Test Procedure and Loading Case; Dynamic Responses of Joints Under UNDEX Loading; Conclusion; References; 3 The Dynamic Behavior of Composite Panels Subjected to Air Blast Loading: Experiment and Theory; Introduction; Experimental Methods; Obtaining a Blast Wave; Blast Wave Using a Detonation Tube; Blast Wave Using a Pressurized Tube; Measurement of Air Blast Wave Measurement of StrainsTheoretical Methods; Equations of Motion; Closed-Form Solutions; Finite Element Method; Differential Quadrature Method; Examples; Conclusion; References; 4 Computational Methods to Predict the Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Blast Loaded Laminated Composite Plates; Introduction; Equations of Motion; Methods of Solution; Finite Element Solution; Approximate-Numerical Solutions; Finite Difference Method; Flat Plate; Tapered Plate; Blast Load Modeling; Numerical Examples; Conclusion; References 5 Explosive Blast Resistance of Naval Composites: Effects of Fiber, Matrix, and Interfacial BondingIntroduction; Materials and Experimental Methodology; Manufacture of Composites; Mechanical Properties of Composites; Explosive Blast Testing; Results and Discussion; Effects of Fiber and Matrix; Effect of Fiber-Matrix Interfacial Bond Strength; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Influence of Curvature and Load Direction on the Air-Blast Response of Singly Curved Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Laminat...; Introduction; Specimen Design and Manufacture; Material Characterization
• Publisher Details: Duxford : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.1/186; Composite materials -- Mechanical properties; Composite materials -- Fracture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780081020937; 0081020937
• Related ISBNs: 9780081020920
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed June 5, 2017).
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