Abstract: Despite a number of previous investigations, the question of what criterion to use to predict ultimate failure in fiber composite laminates is still open to question, and particulary so when ...

Abstract: The problem of strength loss in composite structures due to impact appears to be important due to the sensitivity of advanced composites to these loadings. Although a number of studies have ...

Abstract: An elastic-plastic contact law that incorporates local permanent deformation in the contact zone has been used to investigate the efficacy of the momentum balance method in transverse impact ...

Abstract: An analytic solution is given for the problem of simply-supported orthotropic cylindrical shells subject to impact loading. The closed-form solution has not been obtained previously. The analysis ...