Blast loading of sandwich panels with thin-walled tube cores

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234). === An investigation into the response of a novel sandwich panel under blast loading is presented. Thin-walled tubar members have been used extensively as energy absorbers under impact conditions. The progressive folding mechanism induced by axial cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Theobald, Matthew David
Other Authors: Nurick, Gerald N
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5464