Inside Cover: Effects of Local Coating on Strengthening and Crack Suppression of Notched PBX Beams (Prop., Explos., Pyrotech. 11/2019). Issue 11 (8th November 2019) - Wang, Shengnan
Abstract : The inside cover picture shows a convenient strengthening method of local coating adopted to the mechanically weak link of PBX structures. While relieving stress concentration and improving the load‐carrying capability of a notched PBX structure, the locally applied polymer coating can restrain crack propagation in the PBX matrix, thus preventing the integral structure from brittle fracture effectively. Details are discussed in the Full Paper by Shengnan Wang, Lingang Lan, Yangyang Liu, Mingfeng Tang, and Maoping Wen on page 1361 ff.