Composite sandwich panels subjected to impact of a foreign body

This dissertation presents the experimental, numerical and analytical investigations on the impact behaviour of composite sandwich panels. The objectives of this research are to predict the low-velocity impact response and damage in composite sandwich panels, and to characterize the energy absorbed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhu, Shengqing.
Other Authors: Chai Gin Boay
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51244