# MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO LOW VELOCITY IMPACT – EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELING

> Title: MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO LOW VELOCITY IMPACT – EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELING Page Range: p.233-240 Author(s): Rizov V; Mladensky A File size: Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer...

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Published: 2008-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO LOW VELOCITY IMPACT – EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELING**
 Page Range: p.233-240
 Author(s): Rizov V; Mladensky A
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 16
 Issue No: No.4

**Abstract**
 The mechanical properties of composite sandwich beam and panel structures, composed of glass fibre-reinforced vinyl ester resin composite laminate face sheets and a cross-linked poly(vinyl chloride) closed-cell foam core and fabricated by the vacuum infusion method, when subjected to low velocity impact were investigated experimentally using a drop-weight test rig. The experimental data are discussed in comparison with the predictions of a finite element model developed to simulate impact response. 25 refs.

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