Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Dynamic response of ultralight all-metallic sandwich panel with 3D tube cellular core to shallow-buried explosives

  • Article
  • Published:
Science China Technological Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The underbody of a vehicle system, either military or civil, is typically made of a relatively thin metallic plate, thus vulnerable to mine blast attacks. To improve the blast resistance, a multitude of protective structures have been proposed as attachments to the thin plate. In the present study, a novel ultralight all-metallic sandwich panel with three-dimensional (3D) tube cellular cores mounted to the vehicle underbody was envisioned as such a protective system. A metallic substrate (mimicking vehicle bottom) was placed above the proposed sandwich panel to construct a sandwich-substrate combinative structure. A series of sandwich panels having 3D tube cellular cores were fabricated via argon protected welding and laser welding. Mechanical responses of the combinative structure subjected to the denotation of 6 kg TNT explosives shallow-buried in dry sand were experimentally measured. Full numerical simulations with the method of finite elements (FE) were subsequently carried out to explore the physical mechanisms underlying the observed dynamic performance and quantify the effects of key geometrical parameters and connection conditions of the protective system. The performance of the proposed sandwich panel under shallow-buried explosives was also compared with competing sandwich constructions having equal mass. Finally, a preliminary optimal design of the 3D tube cellular core was carried out.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Taylor L C, Skaggs R R, Gault W. Vertical impulse measurements of mines buried in saturated sand. Fragblast, 2005, 9: 19–28

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Bocchieri R T, Kirkpatrick S W, Peterson B. Simulation-based design of vehicles exposed to blast threats for improved occupant survivability. WIT Trans Built Env, 2009, 1: 459–170

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Børvik T, Olovsson L, Hanssen A G, et al. A discrete particle approach to simulate the combined effect of blast and sand impact loading of steel plates. J Mech Phys Solids, 2011, 59: 940–958

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Pickering E G, Chung Kim Yuen S, Nurick G N, et al. The response of quadrangular plates to buried charges. Int J Impact Eng, 2012, 49: 103–114

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Zhang X, Zhou Y, Wang X, et al. Modelling and analysis of the vehicle underbody and the occupants subjected to a shallow-buried-mine blast impulse. Proc Institution Mech Engineers Part D-J Automobile Eng, 2016, 231: 214–224

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Dey S, Børvik T, Hopperstad O S, et al. The effect of target strength on the perforation of steel plates using three different projectile nose shapes. Int J Impact Eng, 2004, 30: 1005–1038

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Uth T, Wadley H N G, Deshpande V S. The effect of inclination and stand-off on the dynamic response of beams impacted by slugs of a granular material. Int J Solids Struct, 2015, 56–57: 154–174

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Johnson T E, Basudhar A. A metamodel-based shape optimization approach for shallow-buried blast-loaded flexible underbody targets. Int J Impact Eng, 2015, 75: 229–240

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Goel A, Uth T, Wadley H N G, et al. Effect of surface properties on momentum transfer to targets impacted by high-velocity sand slugs. Int J Impact Eng, 2017, 103: 90–106

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Kyner A, Deshpande V S, Wadley H N G. Impulse transfer during granular matter impact with inclined sliding surfaces. Int J Impact Eng, 2019, 130: 79–96

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Grujicic M, Yavari R, Snipes J, et al. A combined finite-element/discrete-particle analysis of a side-vent-channel-based concept for improved blast-survivability of light tactical vehicles. Int J Struct Integr, 2016, 7: 106–141

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Uth T, Deshpande V S. Response of clamped sandwich beams subjected to high-velocity impact by sand slugs. Int J Impact Eng, 2014, 69: 165–181

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Geneviève T, Amal B, Robert D, et al. Numerical evaluation of an add-on vehicle protection system. In: Proceedings of the 9th European LS-DYNA Conference. Manchester, 2013

  14. Rimoli J J, Talamini B, Wetzel J J, et al. Wet-sand impulse loading of metallic plates and corrugated core sandwich panels. Int J Impact Eng, 2011, 38: 837–848

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Zhang P, Cheng Y, Liu J, et al. Experimental and numerical investigations on laser-welded corrugated-core sandwich panels subjected to air blast loading. Mar Struct, 2015, 40: 225–246

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Dharmasena K P, Wadley H N G, Liu T, et al. The dynamic response of edge clamped plates loaded by spherically expanding sand shells. Int J Impact Eng, 2013, 62: 182–195

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Liang Y, Spuskanyuk A V, Flores S E, et al. The response of metallic sandwich panels to water blast. J Appl Mech, 2007, 74: 81–99

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Vaziri A, Hutchinson J W. Metal sandwich plates subject to intense air shocks. Int J Solids Struct, 2007, 44: 2021–2035

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Kambouchev N, Noels L, Radovitzky R. Nonlinear compressibility effects in fluid-structure interaction and their implications on the airblast loading of structures. J Appl Phys, 2006, 100: 063519

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Xue Z, Hutchinson J W. A comparative study of impulse-resistant metal sandwich plates. Int J Impact Eng, 2004, 30: 1283–1305

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Dharmasena K P, Wadley H N G, Xue Z, et al. Mechanical response of metallic honeycomb sandwich panel structures to high-intensity dynamic loading. Int J Impact Eng, 2008, 35: 1063–1074

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Jing L, Wang Z, Zhao L. The dynamic response of sandwich panels with cellular metal cores to localized impulsive loading. Compos Part B-Eng, 2016, 94: 52–63

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Wadley H N G, Børvik T, Olovsson L, et al. Deformation and fracture of impulsively loaded sandwich panels. J Mech Phys Solids, 2013, 61: 674–699

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Yu B, Han B, Ni C Y, et al. Dynamic crushing of all-metallic corrugated panels filled with close-celled aluminum foams. J Appl Mech, 2015, 82: 47–55

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Yu B, Han B, Su P B, et al. Graded square honeycomb as sandwich core for enhanced mechanical performance. Mater Des, 2016, 89: 642–652

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Wang X, Yu R P, Zhang Q C, et al. Dynamic response of clamped sandwich beams with fluid-fillied corrugated cores. Int J Impact Eng, 2020, 139: 103533

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Kyner A, Dharmasena K, Williams K, et al. Response of square honeycomb core sandwich panels to granular matter impact. Int J Impact Eng, 2018, 117: 13–31

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Liu T, Fleck N A, Wadley H N G, et al. The impact of sand slugs against beams and plates: Coupled discrete particle/finite element simulations. J Mech Phys Solids, 2013, 61: 1798–1821

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Li L, Han B, He S Y, et al. Shock loading simulation using density-graded metallic foam projectiles. Mater Des, 2019, 164: 107546

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Zok F W, Waltner S A, Wei Z, et al. A protocol for characterizing the structural performance of metallic sandwich panels: Application to pyramidal truss cores. Int J Solids Struct, 2004, 41: 6249–6271

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Holloman R L, Deshpande V, Wadley H N G. Impulse transfer during sand impact with a cellular structure. Int J Impact Eng, 2015, 82: 36–58

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Holloman R, Deshpande V, Hanssen A, et al. Tubular aluminum cellular structures: Fabrication and mechanical response. J Mech Mater Struct, 2013, 8: 65–94

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Holloman R, Kandan K, Deshpande V, et al. Dynamic compression of square tube cellular structures. J Mech Mater Struct, 2014, 9: 149–182

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Tremblay J E. Impulse on blast deflectors from a landmine explosion. Technical Report. Quebec: Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, 1998. DREV-TM-9814

  35. Clarke S D, Fay S D, Warren J A, et al. Predicting the role of geotechnical parameters on the output from shallow buried explosives. Int J Impact Eng, 2017, 102: 117–128

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. Yu R P, Wang X, Zhang Q C, et al. Effects of sand filling on the dynamic response of corrugated core sandwich beams under foam projectile impact. Compos Part B-Eng, 2020, 197: 108135

    Article  Google Scholar 

  37. Jones N. Structural Impact. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989

    Google Scholar 

  38. Barsoum I, Faleskog J. Rupture mechanisms in combined tension and shear—Experiments. Int J Solids Struct, 2007, 44: 1768–1786

    Article  Google Scholar 

  39. Nahshon K, Pontin M, Evans A, et al. Dynamic shear rupture of steel plates. J Mech Mater Struct, 2007, 2: 2049–2066

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. These authors contributed equally to this work.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    DuJiang Zhang, ZhenYu Zhao, WeiJie Chen, Fan Yang, ChangYe Ni & TianJian Lu

  2. MIIT Key Laboratory of Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures (MLMS), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    DuJiang Zhang, ZhenYu Zhao, WeiJie Chen, Fan Yang, ChangYe Ni & TianJian Lu

  3. State Key Laboratory of Smart Manufacturing for Special Vehicles and Transmission System, Baotou, 014030, China

    DuJiang Zhang, ShaoFeng Du & ZhiKun Yang

  4. State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    TianJian Lu

Authors
  1. DuJiang Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. ZhenYu Zhao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. ShaoFeng Du
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. WeiJie Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Fan Yang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. ChangYe Ni
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. ZhiKun Yang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. TianJian Lu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to ZhenYu Zhao or TianJian Lu.

Additional information

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11972185, 12002156 and 11902148), China Post-doctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2020M671473), State Key Laboratory of Smart Manufacturing for Special Vehicles and Transmission System (Grant No. GZ2019KF015), Natural Science Fund Project in Jiangsu Province (Grant Nos. BK20190392 and BK20190424), Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures (Grant Nos. MCMS-E-0219K02 and MCMS-I-0219K01), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

Supporting Information

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Zhang, D., Zhao, Z., Du, S. et al. Dynamic response of ultralight all-metallic sandwich panel with 3D tube cellular core to shallow-buried explosives. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 64, 1371–1388 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-020-1774-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-020-1774-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation