Sandwich panels are one of the most applied designs in the aerospace, construction and
automotive structures due to their excellent stiffness-to-weight ratio. Recent advances in the …

Structures Under Crash and Impact: Continuum Mechanics, Discretization and Experimental
Characterization examines the testing and modeling of materials and structures under …

Spacecraft that are launched to operate in Earth orbit are susceptible to impacts by
meteoroids and pieces of orbital debris (MMOD). The effect of a MMOD particle impact on a …

Carbon-fibre reinforced composites (CFRPs) are likely to feature heavily as structural
elements of future aerospace vehicles due to their high stiffness and low densities. However …

In this study, the penetration behaviour of a Mild Steel Cored (MSC) round, 7.62 mm in
diameter and 39 mm in length, commonly known as the AK47 round, was studied since it still …

The damage pattern of rear wall/witness plate could express the fragmentation features of
projectile relatively, in the ground-based tests of Whipple shield and its improved structure …

Honeycomb sandwich panel has been widely used in aerospace and aeronautic
engineering as load-bearing components. Cost-effective shielding structure can also be built …

Aluminum honeycomb structures have been frequently used in many industrial applications,
especially in aerospace and aeronautics, due to their high strength and stiffness to weight …

This work presents an investigation on the damage and high-speed impact deformation
mechanisms at elevated temperatures in honeycomb sandwich panels made from PM1000 …

In this paper, a variation of the critical projectile diameter of honeycomb sandwich panel
(HC/SP), due to the channeling effect, is investigated by using smoothed particle …