Mechanical behaviour of fabric-reinforced plastic sandwich structures: A state-of-the-art review

The use of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs) in sandwich structures increased for various industrial applications thanks to their strength-to-weight ratio which provides designers with advanced options modern structures. FRP Sandwich Structures (FRPSS) are often used aerospace, biomedical, defence, and marine products, where high structural performance is required sustain complex in-service loads withstand varying environmental conditions. Progressive degradation FRPSS under such circumstances has been a subject interest researchers owing safety requirements products FRP. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art mechanical behaviour subjected loading regimes. It highlights variation performance, viscoelastic properties, damage resistance, sequence FRPSS. Numerical methods algorithms predict failures also presented provide sufficient knowledge design review contributes further research on characterizing properties quasi-static dynamic