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Impact on Laminated Composite Plates: A Review of Recent Computational Developments

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Computational Aspects of Penetration Mechanics

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A review of the literature on high velocity impact calculations is presented, with emphasis on laminated composite plates. A summary of results of the geometrically nonlinear transient analysis of layered anisotorpic composite plates is presented.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA

    J. N. Reddy

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    J. Chandra

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    J. E. Flaherty

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Reddy, J.N. (1983). Impact on Laminated Composite Plates: A Review of Recent Computational Developments. In: Chandra, J., Flaherty, J.E. (eds) Computational Aspects of Penetration Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Engineering, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82093-9_5

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