Description:
This text discusses dynamic loadings and their effect on material and structural failure. Coverage includes the response of both metallic and polymeric composite materials to blast loading and shock loadings, impact loadings, and dynamic fragmentation.
Review Quotes:
From the book reviews:
"This book is written for graduate students and researchers who are studying dynamic loading with applications in civil and defence structures. ... This book provides a detailed view of experimental techniques and results of composite structures under dynamic loadings. Overall, it is a good book on structural damage behaviour under dynamic loadings." (Ran Zhou, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 19 (1), 2014)