Dynamic Failure of Composite and Sandwich Structures

1. Hydroelastic Impacts of Deformable Wedges
Riccardo Panciroli

2. Blast Loading of Sandwich Structures and Composite Tubes
H. Arora, P. A. Hooper, J. P. Dear

3. Interaction of Underwater Blasts and Submerged Structures
S. Abrate

4. Compressively Pre-stressed Navy Relevant Laminated and Sandwich Composites Subjected to Ballistic Impact
Eric Kerr-Anderson, Selvum Pillay, Basir Shafiq, Uday K. Vaidya

5. Development of a Test to Simulate Wave Impact on Composite Sandwich Marine Structures
Peter Davies, Benoît Bigourdan, Dominique Choqueuse, Nicolas Lacotte, Bertrand Forest

6. Damage Mechanisms and Energy Absorption in Composite Laminates Under Low Velocity Impact Loads
V. Lopresto, G. Caprino

7. Perforation of Composite Laminate Subjected to Dynamic Loads
Shirley Kalamis García-Castillo, Sonia Sánchez-Sáez, Carlos Santiuste, Carlos Navarro, Enrique Barbero

8. Discrete Impact Modeling of Inter- and Intra-laminar Failure in Composites
Christophe Bouvet, Natthawat Hongkarnjanakul, Samuel Rivallant, Jean-Jacques Barrau

9. High Velocity Hail Impact on Composite Laminates – Modelling and Testing
Robin Olsson, Rickard Juntikka, Leif E. Asp

10. Discrete Modeling of the Crushing of Nomex Honeycomb Core and Application to Impact and Post-impact Behavior of Sandwich Structures
Bruno Castanié, Yulfian Aminanda, Jean-Jacques Barrau, Pascal Thevenet

11. Foldcore Sandwich Structures and Their Impact Behaviour: An Overview
Sebastian Heimbs

12. Experimental and Numerical Study of Normal and Oblique Impacts on Helicopter Blades
J. Aubry, P. Navarro, I. Tawk, S. Marguet, J. F. Ferrero, S. Lemaire, P. Rauch

13. Energy Absorbing Sacrificial Structures Made of Composite Materials for Vehicle Crash Design
G. Belingardi, S. Boria, J. Obradovic

14. Composites and Dynamic Failures: Experimental and Numerical Solving Strategies and Solutions
Daniel Coutellier

Keywords: Engineering, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods, Mechanics