Polymer-based sandwich composites have found increasing applications in the marine
industry, where they are at an ever-increasing risk of encountering high-intensity underwater …

Composites materials and structures are increasingly used to replace conventional
materials in civilian and defence-related maritime transportation and infrastructure such as …

Sandwich panels composed of auxetic cellular cores and metal facets are presented for
blast resistance applications. The performance of this hybrid composite structure under …

Sandwich panels with auxetic lattice cores confined between metallic facets are proposed
for localised impact resistance applications. Their performance under localised impact is …

Auxetic cellular solids in the forms of honeycombs under blast load have great potential in a
diverse range of applications, including core material in sandwich plates composite …

The load-carrying capacity of composite structures under water-based impulsive loads is
evaluated in relation to different core materials and load intensity. The analysis focuses on …

Designing lightweight high-performance materials that can sustain high impulsive loadings
is of great interest for marine applications. In this study, a finite element fluid–structure …

Development of high-performance composites operating in harsh conditions is gaining
tremendous attention due to the broad range of applications such as mass transport …

Modern high-strength and armour grade steels have developed continually increasing
strength and fracture toughness, but there have been limited experimental investigations …

The dynamic response of polyurethane (PU) foam core sandwich panels subjected to
contact underwater explosions (UNDEXs) was experimentally investigated in this paper. The …