Response of In-plane Linearly Prestressed Composite Sandwich Panels with Transversely Flexible Core to Low-velocity Impact

Abstract

The problem of transverse low-velocity impact on a linearly in-plane prestressed sandwich panel has been considered in this article. The panel may be subjected to initial in-plane biaxial normal and shear stresses along the edges of the panel. Impact is assumed to occur normally over the top or the bottom face-sheets, at arbitrary location. The boundary conditions of the top and the bottom face-sheets are independent. The interaction between the impactor and the panel is modeled with the help of the system having three-degrees-of-freedom (TDOF) consisting of springs-masses-dashpot (SMD) or springs-masses (SM). The effects of initial biaxial stresses and transverse flexibility of the core are considered analytically. In order to determine all components of the displacements, stresses and strains in the face-sheets and the core, a numerical procedure based on improved higher-order sandwich plate theory (IHSAPT) and Galerkin’s method, are employed. The deflections and the corresponding stresses in the panel with higher initial stresses are smaller than those with lower initial stresses. The effects of in-plane initial shear stresses on impact response are slightly greater than that of the other in-plane normal loading states.

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sandwich panel core flexibility low-velocity impact initial in-plane stresses contact behavior

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