aluminum foams are a novel branch of advanced materials with superior properties. sandwich structures with aluminum foam core are good energy absorbers. in this paper, mechanical properties and energy absorption of aluminum foam sandwich panels subjected to quasi-static perforation tests with conical-nosed indenter were investigated experimentally. for this purpose sandwich panels consisting of...

Due to their high specific strength and high specific stiffness properties the use of honeycomb panels is particularly attractive in spacecraft structures. However, the harsh environment produced during the launch of a satellite can subject the honeycomb cores of these sandwich structures to severe quasi-static and dynamic loads, potentially leading to static or early fatigue failures. Knowledg...

The dynamic characteristics of sandwich panels with a hierarchical hexagonal honeycomb (SP-HHHs) show significant improvements due to their distinct hierarchy configurations. However, this also increases the complexity structural analysis. To address issue, variational asymptotic method was utilized homogenize unit cell SP-HHH and obtain equivalent stiffness, establishing two-dimensional plate ...

Loss of Sandwich Panels by Statistical Energy Analysis Approach. ASME. J. Vib. Acoust.2010;132(1):011004-011004-7. doi:10.1115/1.4000459. Predicting the Sound Transmission Loss of Sandwich Panels by Statistical Energy Analysis Approach Tongan Wang, Shan Li, Shankar Rajaram, Steven R. Nutt 1. University of Southern California, 3651 Watt Way, VHE 602, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Abstract: A statistical...

This work examines the performance of composite panels when subjected to underwater impulsive loads. The scaled fluid–structure experimental methodology developed by Espinosa and co-workers was employed. Failure modes, damage mechanisms and their distributions were identified and quantified for composite monolithic and sandwich panels subjected to typical blast loadings. The temporal evolutions...

Sandwich structures with foldcores are regarded as a promising alternative to conventional honeycomb sandwich structures as lightweight structural materials. One of the proposed applications of foldcore sandwich structures is on the aircraft fuselage and the interstage of a rocket. While flat foldcore sandwich structures have been intensively studied in the literature, there lacks a general des...

Abstract This paper investigated the response and residual compression properties of honeycomb sandwich structures subjected to single quasi-static indentation (QSI) repeated QSI (RQSI). The damage depth after low-velocity impact (LVI) was considered as governing parameter during experiments. Three-dimensional digital image correlation method applied determine deformation front panels LVI descr...