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Corrugated Sandwich Panel

Observation of failure mechanisms are made of a sandwich panel subjected to a shock load of ~1.2MPa

Taken with Photron Fastcam SA1.1

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Drop Weight Experiment

Drop weight experiment performed on a sample with carbon nanotubes within a polymeric matrix

 

Video of Experiments

High Temperature Shock Experiment 

A Steel 1018 specimen of 8″x2″x0.125″ was heated to 900 °C and subjected to a shock pressure of ~1 MPa.