Some Papers Presented At The International Symposium On Structural Crashworthiness And Failure Third International Symposium On Structural Crashworthiness 14 16 April 1993 University Of Liverpool Liverpool Uk PDF Download

Topics discussed at this symposium include the following: (1) Ship impacts: bow collisions; (2) New design-analysis techniques for blast loaded stiffened box and cylindrical shell structures; (3) Maximum strength of square thin-walled sections subjected to combined loading of torsion and bending; (4) Damage assessment of cylinders due to impact and explosive loading; (5) The crash response of circular tubes under general applied loading; (6) Dynamic response and failure of fully clamped circular plates under impulsive loading; (7) Deformation and rupture of blast loaded square plates-predictions and experiments; (8) Dynamic energy absorption characteristics of sandwich shells; (9) Residual tensile strength of ballistically damaged aluminum-based laminates; (10) High-speed impact response of particulate metal matrix composite materials- an experimental and theoretical investigation; (11) Dynamic response of the Space Station Freedom due to a module perforation by a hypervelocity impact; (12) The measurement of Mode I dynamic shear crack resistance in 50D structural steel using Double Cantilever Beam specimens; and (13) Ship-ramming after 1859.