Lightweight sandwich structures for marine applications: a review

G Palomba, G Epasto, V Crupi - Mechanics of Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The current paper is intended to provide an overview on the current state of the art for
sandwich structures marine applications to support their wider application and identify the …

A review of low-velocity impact on sandwich structures

GB Chai, S Zhu - … of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This contribution is a review of past and current research progress on dynamic response of
composites sandwich structures subjected to low-velocity impact. To obtain a …

Modeling of impacts on composite structures

S Abrate - Composite structures, 2001 - Elsevier
Impacts of foreign objects on composite structures can create internal damage that reduces
the strength of the structure significantly. The study of such impacts requires understanding …

Finite element analysis on impact response and damage mechanism of composite laminates under single and repeated low-velocity impact

J Zhou, B Liu, S Wang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Aerospace composite structures are subjected to not only single but also repeated low-
velocity impact during service conditions. In this paper, the dynamic mechanical response …

Comparison of aluminium sandwiches for lightweight ship structures: Honeycomb vs. foam

V Crupi, G Epasto, E Guglielmino - Marine structures, 2013 - Elsevier
The use of lightweight aluminium sandwiches in the shipbuilding industry represents an
attractive and interesting solution to the increasing environmental demands. The aim of this …

[HTML][HTML] Mass criterion for wave controlled impact response of composite plates

R Olsson - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2000 - Elsevier
Impact duration strongly influences the impact response of plates. Long impacts cause a
quasi-static response influenced by the plate size and boundary conditions. Short impacts …

Collapse modes in aluminium honeycomb sandwich panels under bending and impact loading

V Crupi, G Epasto, E Guglielmino - International Journal of Impact …, 2012 - Elsevier
Sandwich structures have been widely employed to build lightweight components having
good mechanical properties and energy absorbing capacity, especially in the transport …

Low-velocity impact response of tube-reinforced honeycomb sandwich structure

Y Zhang, L Yan, C Zhang, S Guo - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
To improve the load carrying capacity, structural stiffness, and impact resistance of a
honeycomb sandwich structure, the honeycomb holes are filled with metallic tubes …

Dynamic deflection and contact force histories of graphene platelets reinforced conical shell integrated with magnetostrictive layers subjected to low-velocity impact

MSH Al-Furjan, A Farrokhian, SR Mahmoud… - Thin-Walled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present paper concerns low-velocity impact for nanocomposite sandwich truncated
conical shells (NSTCS). Graphene platelets (GPLs)-reinforced as core layer is covered …

Impact on composite structures

GAO Davies, R Olsson - The Aeronautical Journal, 2004 - cambridge.org
The problem of impact damage in laminated composite structures, and the consequent
reduction in residual strength, has been a topic of continual research for over two decades …