Impact on Composite Structures
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Written for graduate students, as well as researchers and practising engineers working with composite materials.
Preface1Introduction12Contact Laws62.1Introduction62.2Contact between Two Isotropic Elastic Solids72.3Indentation of Beams92.4Indentation of Plates132.5Identation of a Laminate152.6Elastoplastic Models192.7Conclusion242.8Exercise Problems243Impact Dynamics263.1Introduction263.2Beam Theories273.3Plate Theories483.4Impact Models833.5Theory of Shells1283.6Scaling1324Low-Velocity Impact Damage1354.1Impact Tests1364.2Failure Modes in Low-Velocity Impact Damage1404.3Experimental Methods for Damage Assessment1484.4Parameters Affecting Impact Damage1514.5Summary1584.6Review Questions1595Damage Prediction1615.1Introduction1615.2Damage in Thick Laminates1625.3Damage in Thin Laminates1635.4Damage Initiation1655.5Propagation of Delaminations during Impact1685.6Conclusion1705.7Exercises1716Residual Properties1726.1Introduction1726.2Compressive Strength1726.3Buckling1866.4Residual Tensile Strength1986.5Residual Flexural Strength2056.6Fatigue2066.7Effect of Impact Damage on Structural Dynamics Behavior2096.8Exercise Problems2137Ballistic Impact2157.1Introduction2157.2Experimental Techniques2167.3Ballistic Limit and Residual Velocity of the Projectile2177.4Failure Modes2197.5Prediction of Ballistic Limit2207.6Ceramic-Composite Armor2248Repairs2288.1Introduction2288.2Mechanically Fastened Patches2308.3Adhesive Bonded Joints2318.4Repair of Thermoplastic Composites2389Impact on Sandwich Structures2409.1Introduction2409.2Contact Laws2409.3Impact Dynamics2489.4Impact Damage2499.5Residual Properties255References258Index287
