This paper deals with analysis of flexural stiffness, indentation and their energies in three point loading of sandwich beams with composite faces from Eglass/epoxy and cores from Polyurethane or PVC. Energy is consumed in three stages of indentation in laminated beam, indentation of sandwich beam and bending of sandwich beam. Theory of elasticity is chosen to present equations for indentation ...

We review recent advances in the area of composite sandwich modeling, sensitivity analyses, optimization techniques and applications, with the focus on structuralacoustic problems. The optimization of sandwich structures is with respect to passive design parameters, such as material constants, geometric parameters, cellular core geometry and boundary conditions.

An analysis and design method is presented for the design of composite sandwich cover panels that includes transverse shear e ects and damage tolerance considerations. This method is incorporated into a sandwich optimization computer program entitled SANDOP. As a demonstration of its capabilities, SANDOP is used in the present study to design optimized composite sandwich cover panels for transp...

As the load increases, most composite beams generally experience failure in both shear and flexural behavior. This outcome highlights critical challenges of achieving sufficient strength structural integrity such beams. The proposed study has used cold-formed behavior an Enhanced C-channel (EC) connectors Light Weight Concrete (LWC) to examine new Steel-Lightweight Concrete-Steel sandwich Beams...

Two series of experiments are performed to investigate the dynamic response of various essential components of a class of sandwich structures, under high-rate inertial loads. One consists of dynamic inertia tests and the other involves dynamic impact tests. A split Hopkinson bar apparatus is modified and used for these experiments. First, the energy-absorbing characteristics of the plate materi...

The responses of metallic plates and sandwich panels to localized impulse are examined by using a dynamic plate test protocol supported by simulations. The fidelity of the simulation approach is assessed by comparing predictions of the deformations of a strong-honeycomb-core panel with measurements. The response is interpreted by comparing and contrasting the deformations with those experienced...

Structural performance in direct (pure) shear and three-point bending was investigated for sandwich panels with a carbon fiber pyramidal truss core. Analytical estimates for sandwich panel strength for each loading condition were presented for possible competing failure modes. In the experimental part of the study, pyramidal truss cores were made using the hot press molding technique and then a...

In this paper, natural frequencies of square laminated composite plates for different supports at edges are presented. Using a third order shear deformation theory of plates (TSDT), which is categorized in equivalent single layer theories (ESL), a new set of linear equations of motion for square multi-layered composite plates has been derived. Laminated plates are supposed to be either angleply...

Sandwich beams comprising identical face sheets and a square honeycomb core were manufactured from carbon fiber composite sheets. Analytical expressions were derived for four competing collapse mechanisms of simply supported and clamped sandwich beams in three-point bending: core shear, face microbuckling, face wrinkling, and indentation. Selected geometries of sandwich beams were tested to ill...

In this article, free vibration analysis of variable stiffness composite laminate (VSCL) plates with flat and folded shapes is studied. In order to consider the concept of variable stiffness, in each layer of these composite laminated plates, the curvilinear fibers are used instead of straight fibers. The analysis is based on a semi-analytical finite strip method which follows classical laminat...