Impact Loading of Lightweight Structures

Numerical analyses of bird impact on aircraft structures undergoing large deformations and localised failures; A methodology for scaling impacted structures; Determination of the location and mass of explosive in complex urban environment; Numerical-experimental study of steel plates subjected to blast loading; Birdstrike: approaches to the analysis of impacts with penetration; Mechanical models of cellular solids: parameters identification from experimental tests; An experimental investigation on nanocomposites under impact loading; Medium velocity impact on FRP composite panels; Modelling the dynamic failure of riveted joints in aerospace fuselages; The low velocity impact response of high-performance sandwich structures; Perforation of medium thick plate by a sharp projectile; Mechanics of lightweight aluminium foam wrapped in carbon fibre reinforced composites; Crashworthiness of automotive light materials: magnesium, aluminium and high strength steel; Simulation-driven design of helmets for head impact protection using an injury-based criterion; Experimental characterization and modelling of the inter-ply interface properties of fibre reinforced composite materials; Effects of friction on the ballistic performance of a high-strength fabric structure; High Velocity Impact Against Aeronautical Structures; Phase transition Taylor test; Modeling of deformation and tearing of clamped circular plates under uniform impulsive loads; Energy absorption effectiveness of thin-walled structures under static and dynamic axial crushing loads; Transition criteria between buckling modes of circular shells under axial impact; Behaviour of an automotive bumper beam-longitudinal system at 40% offset impact: an experimental and numerical study; Quantifying the behaviour of fibre metal laminates subject to localised blast loading; Failure of a reinforced concrete building under blast loads; Assessment of blast loads on structures; Analysis of foam claddings for blast alleviation; Finite element modelling of the crushing response of square carbon FRP tubes subjected to static and dynamic axial compression; Stochastic design improvement of a vehicle substructure in impact conditions; Numerical modelling of the early impact behaviour of multi-ply fabric armours; Material characterization and modeling of textured aluminum alloys used in a bumper system; Triaxial compression of aluminium foams; An efficient unit-cell based shell element for numerical modelling of fabrics under impact; Shock response and power spectrum analysis of a head actuator assembly; Static pressure loading of fibre-metal laminate plates; An experimental and numerical study of energy absorption in thin-walled high-strength steel sections; Study of a frontal bus impact against a rigid wall; Numerical investigation of the response of sandwich panels subject to blast loads; Dynamic response of Al-TRIP-steel and the constituent phases; Numerical study of the influence of the specimen geometry on split Hopkinson tensile test results; Simulation of high velocity impacts on thin metallic targets I (Element erosion); Simulation of high velocity impacts on thin metallic targets II (Discrete elements); Simulation of high velocity impacts on thin metallic targets III (SPH); Evaluation of a finite element modelling approach for welded aluminium structures