RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES TO DYNAMIC AND EXTREME LOADING CONDITIONS

• Main Author: Morgan, Gregory
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2023
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/2334; https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/theses/article/3303/viewcontent/Morgan_uri_0186M_13045.pdf

This study investigates the effectiveness of composite material 1 in mitigating shock. In total, three composite plates were used throughout the study under two different experiments to determine the effectiveness of composite material 1. The first experiment was in-contact underwater explosions on two composite plates. One plate was with composite material 1 on the front and back faces and composite material 2 as the core, while plate 2 comprised of composite material 2. The displacement, shockwave pressure, and underwater bubble were all observed to see the impact of adding composite material 1 as a protective barrier to extreme loads. The second set of experiments were to determine how temperature affects the response of a plate only of composite material 1 when punctured at three different temperatures: arctic, room, and elevated.