Anti-blast and-impact performances of auxetic structures: A review of structures, materials, methods, and fabrications

RP Bohara, S Linforth, T Nguyen, A Ghazlan… - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Auxetics are a class of structural metamaterials with a negative Poisson's ratio. In
comparison to conventional structures, auxetic structures are proven to exhibit several …

A review of similitude methods for structural engineering

A Casaburo, G Petrone… - Applied …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Similitude theory allows engineers, through a set of tools known as similitude methods, to
establish the necessary conditions to design a scaled (up or down) model of a full-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Impact and blast resistance of uniform and graded sandwich panels with TPMS cellular structures

N Novak, M Borovinšek, O Al-Ketan, Z Ren… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
The impact and blast resistance of sandwich panels with uniform and functionally graded
Triply Periodical Minimal Surface (TPMS) cellular cores were analysed in this study. The …

Review of the current practices in blast-resistant analysis and design of concrete structures

H Hao, Y Hao, J Li, W Chen - Advances in Structural …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
In contemporary society, industrialization and rising of terrorism threats highlight the
necessity and importance of structural protection against accidental and intentionally …

Blast response study of the sandwich composite panels with 3D chiral auxetic core

N Novak, L Starčevič, M Vesenjak, Z Ren - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Chiral auxetic cellular structures were fabricated from Ti6Al4V alloy using the Selective
Electron Beam Melting method, and tested experimentally under quasi-static and dynamic …

Reduced scale models based on similitude theory: A review up to 2015

CP Coutinho, AJ Baptista, JD Rodrigues - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Similitude theory is a branch of engineering science concerned with establishing the
necessary and sufficient conditions of similarity among phenomena, and has been applied …

Experimental study on scaling the explosion resistance of a one-way square reinforced concrete slab under a close-in blast loading

W Wang, D Zhang, F Lu, SC Wang, F Tang - International journal of impact …, 2012 - Elsevier
Full-scale experiments involving actual geometries and charges are complicated and costly
in terms of both preparation and measurements. Thus, scaled-down experiments are highly …

Development of novel ultra-high performance concrete: From material to structure

Y Su, C Wu, J Li, ZX Li, W Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper investigates effects of nanoscale materials and steel fibres on properties of ultra-
high performance concrete (UHPC). Different types of steel fibres including twisted steel …

Deformation of thin plates subjected to impulsive load: Part III–an update 25 years on

SCK Yuen, GN Nurick, GS Langdon, Y Iyer - International Journal of Impact …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In 1989, Nurick and Martin published two review papers on the deformation of thin
steel plates subjected to impulsive air-blast loading. The state of the art has progressed …

[HTML][HTML] Blast resistance and parametric study of sandwich structure consisting of honeycomb core filled with circular metallic tubes

J Liu, Z Wang, D Hui - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Hierarchical sandwich structures have been popularly investigated due to its promotion in
structural stress and stiffness. A composite Honeycomb structure Filled with Circular Tubes …