Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads

In this thesis, novel folded truncated pyramid structures and a bi-directional load-self-cancelling square dome structure are proposed as the core of light-weight protective sandwich structures to resist blast and impact loads. Analytical derivations, numerical simulations, quasi-static and dynamic...

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Main Author: Li, Zhejian
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77387
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description In this thesis, novel folded truncated pyramid structures and a bi-directional load-self-cancelling square dome structure are proposed as the core of light-weight protective sandwich structures to resist blast and impact loads. Analytical derivations, numerical simulations, quasi-static and dynamic crushing tests are carried out to examine the dynamic crushing behaviours and energy absorption capacities of various designs for developing the best-performing core structures for blast and impact load resistance.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-773872019-12-18T02:44:26Z Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads Li, Zhejian In this thesis, novel folded truncated pyramid structures and a bi-directional load-self-cancelling square dome structure are proposed as the core of light-weight protective sandwich structures to resist blast and impact loads. Analytical derivations, numerical simulations, quasi-static and dynamic crushing tests are carried out to examine the dynamic crushing behaviours and energy absorption capacities of various designs for developing the best-performing core structures for blast and impact load resistance. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77387 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Li, Zhejian
Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads
title Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads
title_full Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads
title_fullStr Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads
title_full_unstemmed Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads
title_short Folded Sandwich Protective Structures against Blast and Impact Loads
title_sort folded sandwich protective structures against blast and impact loads
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77387