Aluminum Honeycomb Sandwich Construction

Author(s):  
T. P. Pajak
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Qi ◽  
Shu Yang ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Li-Jun Yang

The dynamic responses of honeycomb sandwich panels (HSPs) subjected to in-plane projectile impact were studied by means of explicit nonlinear finite element simulations using LS-DYNA. The HSPs consisted of two identical aluminum alloy face-sheets and an aluminum honeycomb core featuring three types of unit cell configurations (regular, rectangular-shaped, and reentrant hexagons). The ballistic resistances of HSPs with the three core configurations were first analyzed. It was found that the HSP with the reentrant auxetic honeycomb core has the best ballistic resistance, due to the negative Poisson’s ratio effect of the core. Parametric studies were then carried out to clarify the influences of both macroscopic (face-sheet and core thicknesses, core relative density) and mesoscopic (unit cell angle and size) parameters on the ballistic responses of the auxetic HSPs. Numerical results show that the perforation resistant capabilities of the auxetic HSPs increase as the values of the macroscopic parameters increase. However, the mesoscopic parameters show nonmonotonic effects on the panels' ballistic capacities. The empirical equations for projectile residual velocities were formulated in terms of impact velocity and the structural parameters. It was also found that the blunter projectiles result in higher ballistic limits of the auxetic HSPs.


Author(s):  
Byung Il Kim ◽  
Byeong Wook Noh ◽  
Young Woo Choi ◽  
Sung In Bae ◽  
Jung Il Song

1982 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
P J Holt ◽  
J P H Webber

A consistent set of equations is given for honeycomb sandwich shells, wherein each layer of the sandwich is treated separately. The theory allows for the effects of thick cores, non-constant core thickness and arbitrary anisotropic faces. Analytical solutions are obtained for constant thickness and tapered beams, a flat plate, and a circular cylinder subjected to simple loading conditions. The principal use of such solutions is in the testing of finite elements which are intended to model honeycomb sandwich construction.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 332-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bonanno ◽  
V. Crupi ◽  
G. Epasto ◽  
E. Guglielmino ◽  
G. Palomba

2010 ◽  
Vol 160-162 ◽  
pp. 855-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Qing Meng ◽  
Yan Wu ◽  
Shi Zhe Chen ◽  
Xue Feng Shu

Sandwich construction consists of two thin composite or metal facesheets separated by a core material. Despite extensive researches on the sandwich constructions, their mechanical properties and failure behaviours are still not fully understand. The objective of the paper is to use a experimental and theoretical predicting failure mode for sandwich beam consisting of GFRP facesheets and Nomex honeycomb core. Two kinds of composite sandwich beams are observed in quasi-static three-point bending and indentation test.


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