Experimental Study of Impact on Composite Plates with Fluid-Structure Interaction

The transient dynamic response of composite structures under water is affected by Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI), which results in an added mass effect as well as damping. Because the density of composites is comparable to that of water, the added mass effect becomes even more critical to the transient dynamic response of composites in water. In this study, an experimental testing set-up was designed and fabricated, and testing was conducted...