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Title Explosion blast response of composites / edited by Adrian P. Mouritz, Yapa D.S. Rajapakse
Published Duxford : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Woodhead Publishing series in composites science and engineering
Woodhead Publishing series in composites science and engineering.
Contents Front Cover; Explosion Blast Response of Composites; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Physics of Explosive Loading of Structures; Introduction; Air Blast; Simple Spherical Air Blast; Gas Dynamic Profiles; Air-Blast Loading Phenomena; Detonics Regime; Near-Field Shock Wave Load Amplification; Compound Shock Wave Load Amplifications; Shock Wave Reflection and Diffraction; Diffraction and Nonuniform Loading of Finite-Sized Targets; Underwater Explosive Loading; The Underwater Shock Wave; Boundary Reflections and Load Modification
Load Modification From Structural ResponseThe Gas Bubble; Conclusions; References; 2 Experimental Techniques and Testing of Lightweight Naval Structures Against Weapons Effects; Naval Structural Vulnerability Assessment; Structural Vulnerability Assessment to Abovewater Weapons; Air Blast Testing Techniques; Structural Displacement and Strain; Fragmentation Analysis; Blast Wave Analysis; Composite Panel Testing; Structural Vulnerability Assessment to Underwater Weapons; Structural Response; Shock Testing Techniques and Assessing Vessel Response; Minehunter First-of-Class Ship Shock Trials
Theoretical vs Experimental ResponseStructural Response Measurements; Rigid-Body Motion; Structural Resonant Frequency Response; GRP Composite T-Joint Testing; Testing Apparatus and T-Joint Specimen Installation; Instrumentation; Test Procedure and Loading Case; Dynamic Responses of Joints Under UNDEX Loading; Conclusion; References; 3 The Dynamic Behavior of Composite Panels Subjected to Air Blast Loading: Experiment and Theory; Introduction; Experimental Methods; Obtaining a Blast Wave; Blast Wave Using a Detonation Tube; Blast Wave Using a Pressurized Tube; Measurement of Air Blast Wave
Measurement of StrainsTheoretical Methods; Equations of Motion; Closed-Form Solutions; Finite Element Method; Differential Quadrature Method; Examples; Conclusion; References; 4 Computational Methods to Predict the Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Blast Loaded Laminated Composite Plates; Introduction; Equations of Motion; Methods of Solution; Finite Element Solution; Approximate-Numerical Solutions; Finite Difference Method; Flat Plate; Tapered Plate; Blast Load Modeling; Numerical Examples; Conclusion; References
5 Explosive Blast Resistance of Naval Composites: Effects of Fiber, Matrix, and Interfacial BondingIntroduction; Materials and Experimental Methodology; Manufacture of Composites; Mechanical Properties of Composites; Explosive Blast Testing; Results and Discussion; Effects of Fiber and Matrix; Effect of Fiber-Matrix Interfacial Bond Strength; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Influence of Curvature and Load Direction on the Air-Blast Response of Singly Curved Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Laminat ... ; Introduction; Specimen Design and Manufacture; Material Characterization
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed June 5, 2017)
Subject Composite materials -- Mechanical properties
Composite materials -- Fracture
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
Composite materials -- Fracture
Composite materials -- Mechanical properties
Form Electronic book
Author Mouritz, Adrian P., editor.
Rajapakse, Y., editor.
LC no. 2017285577
ISBN 9780081020937
0081020937