Experimental investigation on the dynamic behaviour of aluminum foam sandwich plate under repeated impacts

Guo, Kailing, Zhu, Ling, Li, Yinggang, Yu, T.X., Shenoi, Ajit and Zhou, Qingwen (2018) Experimental investigation on the dynamic behaviour of aluminum foam sandwich plate under repeated impacts. Composite Structures, 200, 298-305. (doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.05.148).

Abstract

Engineering structures in marine and vehicle are frequently subjected to repeated impact loadings. The damage can't be neglected during the accumulation of deflection caused by the repeated impacts. In this paper, the dynamic behaviour of aluminum foam sandwich plate (AFSP) under repeated impacts was investigated by impact tests using INSTRON 9350 Drop Tower. The penetration behavior of front face and back face are compared. Meanwhile, the relationships between deflections of face sheets with impact number as well as the loading-unloading process during repeated impacts are analyzed. Results showed that, the permanent deflections of the front face and back face increased gradually, while the increments decreased until the crack occurred on the front face sheet. The damage modes of front face and back face were different. The impact number (N_p) for penetration of front fact and residual number (N_r) for perforation of back face both decreased in exponential form with the increase of impact energy. It implied that the back face sheet still has residual load-carrying capacity even if the front face sheet became cracked.

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• Faculties (pre 2018 reorg) > Faculty of Engineering and the Environment (pre 2018 reorg) > Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (pre 2018 reorg)
• Faculties (pre 2018 reorg) > Faculty of Engineering and the Environment (pre 2018 reorg) > Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit (pre 2018 reorg) > Fluid Structure Interactions Group (pre 2018 reorg)
  Current Faculties > Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > School of Engineering > Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering > Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit (pre 2018 reorg) > Fluid Structure Interactions Group (pre 2018 reorg)
  Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering > Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit (pre 2018 reorg) > Fluid Structure Interactions Group (pre 2018 reorg)
• Faculties (pre 2018 reorg) > Faculty of Engineering and the Environment (pre 2018 reorg) > Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit (pre 2018 reorg)
  Current Faculties > Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > School of Engineering > Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering > Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit (pre 2018 reorg)
  Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering > Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit (pre 2018 reorg)

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