objective: microleakage has always been a problem in restorative dentistry. to decrease microleakage, modern bonding systems, different application methods and sandwich technique have been recommended. the purpose of this study was to assess the microleakage in class v cavities restored with open sandwich technique using self-etch and total-etch bonding systems.   methods: in this in vitro stud...

Structures, Volume 98, April 2013, Pages 153-159, ISSN 0263-8223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.11.004. Stretch–bend-hybrid hierarchical composite pyramidal lattice cores Sha Yin, Linzhi Wu, Steven Nutt 1. Center for Composite Materials, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China 2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern Californ...

The effect of central opening on the buckling and nonlinear post-buckling response of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced micro composite plate embedded in elastic medium is considered in this paper. It is assumed that the system is surrounded by elastic medium, therefore; the influence of Pasternak foundation on buckling and post-buckling behavior are analyzed. In order to derive the basic form...

Fiber composite material panels and sandwich panels possess both a high resistance to weight ratio and a high stiffness to weight ratio. Due to these features, fiber composite panels are used widely in aeronautic and marine structures, where the improvement of the structural performance while keeping a low weight is crucial. Sandwich structures, consisting of a foam core enclosed by two externa...

All-metal sandwich construction holds promise for significant improvements in stiffness, strength and blast resistance for built-up plate structures. Analysis of the performance of sandwich plates under various loads, static and dynamic, requires modelling of face sheets and core with some fidelity. While it is possible to model full geometric details of the core for a few selected problems, th...

Abstract An asymmetric three-layered laminate with prescribed stresses along the faces is considered. The outer layers are assumed to be much stiffer than inner one. focus on long-wave low-frequency anti-plane shear. Asymptotic analysis of original dispersion relation reveals a harmonic supporting slow quasi-static (or static at limit) decay near cut-off wave propagation. In spite asymmetry pro...

the aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of fabrication methods on the com-pressive properties of sandwich composites using both experimental work and numerical simulations. two types of sandwich composites with e-glass/kevlar/polyester resin facings and end-grain balsa wood as core have been produced by vacuum infusion processing (vip) and hand-lay up (hl) method. compression tests on...

In the recent past, advances have been made in the attempt to utilize composite materials as components in protective structures such as those employed by the Air Force to secure critical military assets. In such applications, where lightweight materials that exhibit large levels of energy absorption and high strength/stiffness characteristics are desirable, composite sandwich constructions off...

Impact and compression after impact properties of plain weave carbon fiber sandwich composites were investigated in this study. Impact tests were conducted on different sample types to obtain information about absorbed energy and force. The different samples consisted of foam filled and hollow honeycomb cores with four layer carbon fiber sheets on one or both sides. The impact and compression a...