Sandwich panels for protective barriers
A new high strength, lightweight stainless steel of sandwich construction has been
developed for application in automobile and truck bodies. One attractive feature of this material is good
resistance to penetration and/or perforation by foreign bodies. The aim of this research is to investigate
how penetration and perforation resistance of this type of material are affected by design of the core, the
relative thickness of the face plates and the proximity of stiffeners.
Project Details
Penetration and perforation experiments at subordinance impact speeds will be conducted with both rigid and
deformable missiles striking sandwich panels at various angles of obliquity. Simultaneously, theoretical
analyses of sandwich panel deformation and fracture by low speed missiles will be developed in order to guide
optimization of the panel for protection against perforation.
Relevant/Recent Publications
- Liu, D., Stronge, W. J. 'Ballistic Limit of Metal Plates Struck by Deformable Missiles', Int. J.
Solids Structures, 37, 1-21, 2000.
- Zhang, T. G., Stronge, W. J. 'Rupture of Thin Ductile Tubes by Oblique Impact of Flat-nosed Misiles:
Experiments', Int. J. Impact Engineering, 21, 571-588, 1998.
Principal Investigator & Researchers
Funding Body
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