X-ray CT Analysis after Blast of Composite Sandwich Panels

Compressive strength after blast of sandwich composite materials

Composite sandwich materials have yet to be widely adopted in the construction of naval vessels despite their excellent strength-to-weight ratio and low radar return. One barrier to their wider use is our limited understanding of their performance when subjected to air blast. This paper focuses on this problem and specifically the strength remaining after damage caused during an explosion. Carb...

Structural behaviour of composite sandwich panels

Optimization of Composite Sandwich Cover Panels Subjected to Compressive Loadings

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...

Thermostructural Analysis of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels

Abstract The thermal analysis is performed on a heated Inconel 617 honeycomb-core sandwich panel. Sandwich panel is supported at its four edges with spar-like sub-structures that acted as heat sinks, which are generally not considered in the classical analysis. One side of the panel is subjected to a heat flux on the surface. Two types of surface heating were considered: (1) hexagonal honeycomb...

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...