Impact engineering encompasses many events of our lives.Examples include vehicle collisions,catastrophic collapse of infrastructures from explosion,ballistic impact of armour,hitting cricket balls in sports,falling of...Impact engineering encompasses many events of our lives.Examples include vehicle collisions,catastrophic collapse of infrastructures from explosion,ballistic impact of armour,hitting cricket balls in sports,falling off a bicycle.In such an event,an engineer needs to understand and quantify complex issues like identifying the impact loadings,obtaining material properties at high strain rates and evaluating structural responses and consequences.This engineering field receives great interests from industry and the research community.Several monographs have been published over the decades and related journals,such as the International Journal of Impact Engineering and Defence Technology,have been established and disseminate the latest research findings.展开更多
文摘Impact engineering encompasses many events of our lives.Examples include vehicle collisions,catastrophic collapse of infrastructures from explosion,ballistic impact of armour,hitting cricket balls in sports,falling off a bicycle.In such an event,an engineer needs to understand and quantify complex issues like identifying the impact loadings,obtaining material properties at high strain rates and evaluating structural responses and consequences.This engineering field receives great interests from industry and the research community.Several monographs have been published over the decades and related journals,such as the International Journal of Impact Engineering and Defence Technology,have been established and disseminate the latest research findings.
