Behaviour of structural fibre composite sandwich panels under point load and uniformly distributed load

Structural behaviour of composite sandwich panels

Contact Behaviour of Composite Laminate under Quasi-Static Indentation Load

A viable solution to the ever-demanding weight-saving target in aerospace industry is the replacement of conventional engineering alloys with composite materials in primary structures. A major concern to the effective use of composite laminates is the substantial reduction in the compressive strength when the contact force has exceeded the delamination threshold load (DTL). This paper focuses o...

Uncertainties in structural dynamics for composite sandwich panels

This paper concerns uncertainties in structural dynamics for composite sandwich panels constituted of two thin carbon-resin skins and one high stiffness closed-cell foam core. Each skin is constituted of two unidirectional plies [60/-60]. Such light composite sandwich panels, manufactured with a same process, generally present a significant dispersion for their Frequency Response Functions (FRF...

modelling of the indentation behaviour of thermoplastic honeycomb sandwich panels

thermoplastic honeycombs based on polypropylene are one of the latest types of cores used in sandwich structures. up to now there have been few experimental and modelling studies on the mechanical behaviour of sandwich structures with thermoplastic cores. in this paper, by considering the similar properties of foams and thermoplastic honeycombs, attempts are made to model the static indentation...

Dialogue Behaviour under High Cognitive Load

For safety reasons, in-vehicle dialogue systems should be able to take the cognitive load of the driver into consideration. However, it is important to distinguish between two types of cognitive load, namely if the cognitive load is affecting the driving behaviour or not. We will present findings from a data collection carried out in the DICO project1, where the dialogue behaviour under high co...