This book gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of dynamic loads and testing of composite materials and sandwich structures, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the 5th International Symposium on Dynamic Response and Failure of Composite Materials (DRAF), held in Ischia, Italy, on June 1721, 2024. Contributions include a wide range of topics such as low and high velocity impacts, smart composites, hull slamming, shock and blast, hail and bird impact, damage resistance and tolerance, failure mechanisms, composite structures, delamination and fractures, progressive damage modeling, micromechanics, ballistic impacts, ceramic and CMC, auxetic materials and structures, additive manufacturing, crashworthiness, green composites, and structural health monitoring.

Presents the state of the art in composite materials Brings together scientists working on dynamic loads and testing Written by leading experts in the field

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Investigation of the Crashworthiness Performance and the Manufacturability of a Additively Manufactured Carbon PA Minibus Front Shell.- Influence of additive manufactured seats on the passive safety of full composite aircrafts .- Damage Tolerant Behaviour Of Unstable Skin-Stringer Debonding Growth In Composite Stiffened Structures.- On the compressive behaviour of a composite stiffened panel with artificially introduced delamination.- Lattice-Infilled Wing Design with Metallic and Composite Skins using Additive Manufacturing: A Comparative Study with Traditional Spar-Rib Structures.- An AI-Driven Iterative Design Process for Structures Produced Using Industrial Large Scale Polymer Composite Additive Manufacturing.- Dynamic Response Of 3d Printed Bio-Inspired Lightweight Structures.