Abstract

In this paper, dynamic response of a fully clamped double-layer (DL) rectangular sandwich plate with graded foam cores (GFC) under blast loading is studied theoretically and numerically. Based on the yield criterion, an analytical model for dynamic response of a DL rectangular sandwich plate with GFC is established under blast loading. With the use of the inscribing and circumscribing squares of the exact yield locus, the bound of the analytical solution of the dynamic response of a double-layer rectangular sandwich plate with GFC is obtained. By neglecting the effect of bending moments, the membrane mode solution of a DL rectangular sandwich plate with GFC in large deflection is obtained. Finite element analysis (FEA) is performed using ABAQUS/Explicit software. The effects of interlayer factor, average yield strength of graded foams, and gradient properties of graded foams on the dynamic response of DL rectangular sandwich plate with GFC are considered. The analytical predictions are in excellent accord with the numerical ones. It is demonstrated that the proposed analytical model is effective to predict the blast response of a DL rectangular sandwich plate with GFC.

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