A Study of Plate-Slap Technology. Part III. The Mechanical Response of Composite Materials to Stress-Pulse Loading.

摘要

The volume primarily familiarizes the reader with how the mechanical response of heterogeneous,anisotropic,composite materials to stress-pulse loading differs from the response of homogeneous,isotropic materials to the same loading. The report deals specifically with wave propagation of pulses of moderate-to-low stress amplitudes. It emphasizes the effects of material anisotropy. A brief historical survey of previous studies of elastic waves in anisotropic materials is presented. Basic aspects and concepts of propagation of elastic waves in anisotropic materials are mathematically developed and illustrated by examples involving quartz-phenolic. (Author)