Low and High Velocity Impact Response of
Thin Walled Graphite/Epoxy Cylinders
Uday K.Vaidya and Chad Ulven
North Dakota State University, Composites Research Laboratories,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Fargo, North Dakota, 58105, USA
Terry Vandiver and Robert Evans
U.S.Army, Aviation and Missile Command (MICOM)
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898,USA
Keywords: graphite/epoxy (Gr/Ep),
composite cylinder, low velocity impact (LVI), nondestructive evaluation (NDE)