期刊
THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES
卷 179, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2022.109721
关键词
Blast mitigation; Sandwich structures; Hashin?s failure criteria; Damage initiation and progression; Optimized lightweight structures
资金
- US Office of Naval Research [N000142012876, N000142112283]
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) [N000142012876, N000142112283] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
In this study, a surrogate optimization algorithm and numerical technique were used to analyze the dynamic deformations of sandwich structures with fiber-reinforced face sheets. The goal was to minimize the structural mass and maximize its blast mitigating capabilities. Simulation results showed that the mass density and elastic modulus of the core layers did not continuously vary through the thickness.
It is challenging to find lightweight blast mitigating structures for protecting civilian and military infrastructure. Here we synthesize a surrogate optimization algorithm with a numerical technique to analyze dynamic deformations of sandwich structures with fiber-reinforced face sheets perfectly bonded to eight PVC foam layers, and to simultaneously minimize the structural mass and maximize its blast mitigating capabilities. The eighteen variables to be optimized are thicknesses of the two face sheets and of the eight foam layers and the lay-up of the core layers such that either the total reaction force transmitted to a rigid substrate or the deflection of the back face is minimized. The deformations of the structure and the pressure produced by detonating a charge are simulated using the commercial finite element software ABAQUS. The progressive damage and delamination between adjacent layers of the face sheets and their debonding from the core are, respectively, considered using a user-defined subroutine and a cohesive zone model. It is found that for an optimum structure, the mass density and the elastic modulus of the core layers does not continuously vary through the thickness, i.e., the core is not comprised of a functionally graded foam. The low (high) density foam layers minimize the total reaction force (the back face deflection).
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