A Review of Blast and Impact of Metallic and Sandwich Structures

In blast and impact, structures usually undergo large plastic deformations or failure, and they absorb considerable energy. In this paper, the characteristics of blast loads and corresponding structural response, as well as the current advances in this area, were briefly reviewed. The concept and e...

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Main Authors: F. Zhu, Guoxing Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Electronic Journals for Science and Engineering - International 2007-01-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering
Online Access:http://10.0.0.97/EJSE/article/view/68