TY - JOUR
T1 - Blast performance of a sacrificial cladding with composite tubes for protection of civil engineering structures
AU - Van Paepegem, W.
AU - Palanivelu, S.
AU - Degrieck, J.
AU - Vantomme, J.
AU - Reymen, B.
AU - Kakogiannis, D.
AU - Van Hemelrijck, D.
AU - Wastiels, J.
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - Crushing of composite tubes under impact loading has been studied very intensively over the last few decades. On the contrary, the energy absorption of composite tubes under blast loading is much less studied, and very limited public literature is available. This paper presents the experimental testing of a sacrificial cladding structure, composed of glass/polyester tubes, under blast loading. The composite tubes show stable and progressive crushing and the peak force transferred to the non-sacrificial structure is compared for different configurations of the composite tubes. The results also show that the diffraction of the pressure wave and the skin panel that distributes the blast pressure are critical issues in the set-up of the experiments.
AB - Crushing of composite tubes under impact loading has been studied very intensively over the last few decades. On the contrary, the energy absorption of composite tubes under blast loading is much less studied, and very limited public literature is available. This paper presents the experimental testing of a sacrificial cladding structure, composed of glass/polyester tubes, under blast loading. The composite tubes show stable and progressive crushing and the peak force transferred to the non-sacrificial structure is compared for different configurations of the composite tubes. The results also show that the diffraction of the pressure wave and the skin panel that distributes the blast pressure are critical issues in the set-up of the experiments.
KW - A. Polymer-matrix composites
KW - B. Impact behaviour
KW - C. Numerical analysis
KW - D. Mechanical testing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906948826&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.02.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84906948826
SN - 1359-8368
VL - 65
SP - 131
EP - 146
JO - Composites Part B:Engineering
JF - Composites Part B:Engineering
ER -