Advances in Thick Section Composite and Sandwich Structures [electronic resource] : An Anthology of ONR-sponsored Research / edited by Sung W. Lee.

Deformation and Dynamic Instabilities in Composite Structures in Air and Underwater Loading -- High Velocity Impact and Blast Loading of Composite Sandwich Panels with Hybrid Skin Construction -- Explosive Blast Response of Composite Materials -- Response of Composite Materials to Underwater Explosive Loading: Experimental and Computational Investigations -- On the Performance of Foam-Core, Composite Sandwich Structures Subjected to Underwater Blasts -- Recent Developments in Ballistic Performance of Composite Materials -- Low Velocity Impact of Marine Composites: Theory and Experiments -- Transient Deformations of Doubly Curved Shells using Third Order Shear and Normal Deformable Shell Theory -- An Advanced High Order Theory for the Linear and Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis of Sandwich Flat and Curved Panels -- Mechanics Based Modeling of Composite and Sandwich Structures in the Naval Environment: Elastic Behavior, Fracture and Damage Evolution -- Mechanics of Sandwich Constructions in Marine Structures -- A Multi-scale Study of Sandwich Composites Exposed to Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Stimuli -- Damage Tolerance and Assessment of Sandwich Structures -- Dynamic Fracture of Unidirectional Composites Subjected to Water Uptake -- Advances in Failure Criteria for Fibrous Composites -- Towards More Representative Accelerated Aging of Marine Composites -- Temperature Dependence of Statistical Static Strengths for Unidirectional CFRP with Various Carbon Fibers -- Coupled Effects of Seawater and Temperature on US Naval Composite Material System and Sandwich Structurla -- Digital Volumetric Speckle Photography: A Powerful Technique to Probe Interior Deformation Fields of Composites. -- Failure Mechanics of Low-Velocity Dynamic Impact on Woven Polymeric Composites in Arctic Conditions -- Behavior of Composite Materials and Structures in Low Temperature Arctic Conditions -- 3D Printing of Syntactic Foam Components for Marine Applications -- Improvement of Performance of Carbon/Epoxy Composites by Modifying the Epoxy with Binary Nanoparticles.

This book describes recent research findings on response and integrity of thick section composite and sandwich structures. In particular, it deals with these structures for marine applications under static and dynamic loads such as shock and slamming loads in severe sea environment including sea water, temperature extremes, hydrostatic pressure and Arctic conditions. Three-dimensional constitutive equations and failure criteria for structural response and integrity are considered. The book serves as an excellent repository of major advances in research on response and integrity of composite and sandwich structures made through research grants sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research in the past decade. Collects major advances in response and integrity research; Emphasizes phenomena within severe environments; Illustrates underwater fluid-structure interactions, shock/blast loads, and slamming loads.