Impact Damage Resistance and Tolerance of Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panels

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.S. Raju ◽  
B.L. Smith ◽  
J.S. Tomblin ◽  
K.H. Liew ◽  
J.C. Guarddon
Keyword(s):  
Impact Damage ◽  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Damage Resistance

scholarly journals The Low Velocity Impact Response of Foam Core Sandwich Panels with a Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Face-Sheet

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Li ◽  
Zhenqing Wang ◽  
Zhengwei Yu ◽  
Min Sun ◽  
Yanfei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Impact Damage ◽  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Face Sheet ◽  
Foam Core ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Damage Resistance ◽  
Velocity Impact ◽  
Bottom Face ◽  
The Impact

Most foam core sandwich panels are sensitive to the impact load because of the poor toughness of thin composite face-sheets and the low strength of foam core. Superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) wires have been applied to enhance the impact damage resistance of composite laminates in recent decades. To improve the impact damage resistance of foam core sandwich panels and to protect the foam core, SMA wires were incorporated into the face-sheets of foam core sandwich panels in this work. Eight new types of SMA hybrid sandwich panels were designed, and low-velocity impact tests were carried out at an impact energy of 35 J. The damage morphology of the impacted sandwich panels was identified by visual inspection and scanning electron microscope technology. Results indicate that the impact damage resistance of the SMA hybrid sandwich panels is enhanced. The damage area in the hybrid sandwich panels is greatly reduced and a decrease of 85.63% can be reached in the bottom face-sheet. The maximum contact force has an improvement of 28.15% when the two layers of SMA wires are incorporated into the bottom face-sheet.

Impact Analysis of Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panels

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shah Alam ◽  
Damodar Khanal
Keyword(s):  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Composite Panel ◽  
Face Sheet ◽  
Impact Behavior ◽  
Front Face ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Back Face ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The goal of this paper is to analyze the impact behavior among geometrically different sandwich panels shown upon impact velocities. Initially, composite model with aluminum honeycomb core and Kevlar (K29) face sheets is developed in ABAQUS/Explicit and different impact velocities are applied. Keeping other parameters constant, model is simulated with T800S/epoxy face sheets. Residual velocities, energy absorption (%), and maximum deformation depth is calculated for sandwich panel for both models at five different velocities by executing finite element analysis. Once the better material is found for face sheets, process is extended by varying the ratio of front face sheet thickness to back face sheet thickness keeping other geometrical parameters constant to find the better geometry. Also, comparison of impact responses of sandwich composite panel on different ratio of front face sheet thickness to back face sheet thickness is done and validated with other results available in literature.

scholarly journals The Bending Responses of Sandwich Panels with Aluminium Honeycomb Core and CFRP Skins Used in Electric Vehicle Body

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Xiao ◽  
Yefa Hu ◽  
Jinguang Zhang ◽  
Chunsheng Song ◽  
Xiangyang Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Vehicle Body ◽  
Stacking Sequence ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Fibre Direction ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Honeycomb Sandwich ◽  
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic

The aim of this paper was to investigate bending responses of sandwich panels with aluminium honeycomb core and carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) skins used in electric vehicle body subjected to quasistatic bending. The typical load-displacement curves, failure modes, and energy absorption are studied. The effects of fibre direction, stacking sequence, layer thickness, and loading velocity on the crashworthiness characteristics are discussed. The finite element analysis (FEA) results are compared with experimental measurements. It is observed that there are good agreements between the FEA and experimental results. Numerical simulations and experiment predict that the honeycomb sandwich panels with ±30° and ±45° fibre direction, asymmetrical stacking sequence (45°/−45°/45°/−45°), thicker panels (0.2 mm∼0.4 mm), and smaller loading velocity (5 mm/min∼30 mm/min) have better crashworthiness performance. The FEA prediction is also helpful in understanding the initiation and propagation of cracks within the honeycomb sandwich panels.

Effective Mechanical Behavior of Sandwich Beams under Uncoupled Bending and Torsion Loadings

2014 ◽  
Vol 590 ◽  
pp. 58-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Miguel Silva ◽  
José Filipe Bizarro de Meireles
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Design Optimization ◽  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Sandwich Beams ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Specific Stiffness ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Non Linear

Sandwich geometries, mainly panels and beams are widely used in several transportation industries, namely aerospace, aeronautic and automotive. Sandwich geometries are known for their advantages in structural applications: high specific stiffness, low weight, and possibility of design optimization prior to manufacturing. This study aims to know the influence of the number of reinforcements (ribs), and of the thickness on the mechanical behavior of sandwich panels subjected to bending and torsion loads separately. In this study, 3 geometries are compared: simple web-core beam, corrugated core, and honeycomb core. The last 2 are asymmetric, due to the use of odd number of ribs. The influence of the geometry on the results is discussed, by means of a parameter that establishes a relation between the stiffness behavior and the mass of the object. It is shown that the all relations are non-linear, despite the elastic nature of the analysis, by means of the application of loads with low intensity.

scholarly journals Ballistic Resistance of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels under In-Plane High-Velocity Impact

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Qi ◽  
Shu Yang ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Li-Jun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Dynamic Responses ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Ballistic Resistance ◽  
Honeycomb Sandwich ◽  
Aluminum Honeycomb ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Nonmonotonic Effects

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.

Simulation of Impact Damage in Foam-Based Sandwich Composites

2013 ◽  
Vol 569-570 ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Dian Shi Feng ◽  
Francesco Aymerich
Keyword(s):  
Impact Damage ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Fracture Mechanisms ◽  
Sandwich Composites ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Damage Resistance ◽  
Damage And Fracture ◽  
Closed Cell ◽  
Impact Energies ◽  
The Impact

The paper describes the application of a 3D finite element model for prediction of impact induced damage in sandwich composites consisting of laminated skins bonded to a closed cell foam core. The major damage and fracture mechanisms typically developing in transversally loaded sandwich composites were simulated in the model. The model was implemented in the FE package ABAQUS/Explicit and used to predict the impact damage resistance of sandwich panels with different core densities, core thicknesses, and skins layups. Numerical results obtained by FE simulations were compared with experimental data and observations collected through impact tests carried out at various impact energies.

An Experimental Study on a Novel Cladding System with Aluminium Honeycomb Core

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 770-774
Author(s):  
Dong Ruan ◽  
Mohd Azman Yahaya ◽  
James Hicks ◽  
Jayson Lloyd ◽  
Feng Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Cell Size ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Foil Thickness ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Impact Pulse ◽  
Blast Loadings

Sandwich panels consisting of two aluminium two face-sheets and a core made of aluminium honeycomb were studied in this paper. These sandwich panels are good candidates for cladding systems employed to protect other structures again blast loadings. In this paper, the mechanical response and deformation of these sandwich panels subjected to simulated blast loadings are investigated experimentally. The effects of impact pulse, foil thickness and cell size of aluminium honeycombs have been discussed.

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