Strength Characteristics and Deformation Behavior of Aluminum Honeycomb Sandwich Plates under Three-Point Bending Loads

Author(s):  
Hyoung Gu Kim ◽  
Nak Sam Choi
2005 ◽  
Vol 297-300 ◽  
pp. 1503-1509
Author(s):  
Hyoung Gu Kim ◽  
Nak Sam Choi

The strength characteristics as well as local deformation behaviors of honeycomb sandwich composite (HSC) structures under three-point bending loads were investigated in consideration of various failure modes such as skin layer yielding, interface-delamination as well as shear deformation and local buckling in the core layer. Various types of aluminum honeycomb core and skin layer were used for this study. Their finite-element simulation was performed to analyze stresses and deformation behaviors of honeycomb sandwich plates. The results were very comparable to the experimental ones. Consequently, thicker skin layer, smaller cell size of honeycomb core and less delamiantion had dominant effects on the improvement in strength and deformation behaviors of honeycomb sandwich plates.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1201 (1) ◽  
pp. 012046
Author(s):  
S P Zaoutsos

Abstract The use of aluminium sandwich panels has been increased in a certain number of engineering applications from infrastructure systems and transportation to aircraft and naval engineering. Due to their structural efficiency these materials are ideal for applications where ratio of strength to weight is of crucial importance. In the current study the investigation of the strength characteristics of aluminium sandwich panels with aluminium honeycomb core and different types of skins is performed using both analytical models and experimental procedures. A series of strength tests such as tension, shear, three point bending and double cantilever beam were conducted on aluminium honeycomb-cored sandwich panel specimens with five different skins in order to examine the mode of failure and the mechanical behaviour of the structural elements. The experimental findings are compared to theoretical values while an attempt for the explanation of the mechanisms leading to failure such as buckling, delamination or debonding between core and skins is performed. The results occurring from the study are very useful for the enhancement of the mechanical behaviour of sandwich constructions, thus more intensive work must be carried out in order to understand the physical mechanisms leading to strength characteristics of sandwich panels.


1999 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeom Kee Paik ◽  
Anil K Thayamballi ◽  
Gyu Sung Kim

2021 ◽  
pp. 109963622110204
Author(s):  
Fenglian Li ◽  
Wenhao Yuan ◽  
Chuanzeng Zhang

Based on the hyperbolic tangent shear deformation theory, free vibration and sound insulation of two different types of functionally graded (FG) honeycomb sandwich plates with negative Poisson’s ratio are studied in this paper. Using Hamilton’s principle, the vibration and vibro-acoustic coupling dynamic equations for FG honeycomb sandwich plates with simply supported edges are established. By applying the Navier’s method and fluid–solid interface conditions, the derived governing dynamic equations are solved. The natural frequencies and the sound insulation of FG honeycomb sandwich plates obtained in this work are compared with the numerical results by the finite element simulation. It is proven that the theoretical models for the free vibration and the sound insulation are accurate and efficient. Moreover, FG sandwich plates with different honeycomb cores are investigated and compared. The corresponding results show that the FG honeycomb core with negative Poisson’s ratio can yield much lower frequencies. Then, the influences of various geometrical and material parameters on the vibration and sound insulation performance are systematically analyzed.


1999 ◽  
Vol 591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tieyu Zheng ◽  
Steven Danyluk

ABSTRACTThis paper reports the development of a shadow moiré technique to measure the in-plane residual stresses of thin, flat strips. This is an extension of prior work on the measurement of in-plane residual stresses in silicon plates and wafers. Phase stepping shadow moir6 and digital image processing techniques are employed to measure the deflections of the silicon plate specimens subjected to three-point-bending at several different loads. The measured deflections over the area of the silicon plates are fitted with an equation represented by a 2-D polynomial. With the theory of thin plates with large deflection, the fitting coefficients are used to extract the in-plane stresses at the different bending load. The residual stress is resolved by linear regression of the in-plane stresses versus bending loads.


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.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 2818-2860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Praveen A ◽  
Vasudevan Rajamohan ◽  
Ananda Babu Arumugam ◽  
Arun Tom Mathew

In the present study, the free and forced vibration responses of the composite sandwich plate with carbon nanotube reinforced honeycomb as the core material and laminated composite plates as the top and bottom face sheets are investigated. The governing equations of motion of hybrid composite honeycomb sandwich plates are derived using higher order shear deformation theory and solved numerically using a four-noded rectangular finite element with nine degrees of freedom at each node. Further, various elastic properties of honeycomb core materials with and without reinforcement of carbon nanotube and face materials are evaluated experimentally using the alternative dynamic approach. The effectiveness of the finite element formulation is demonstrated by performing the results evaluated experimentally on a prototype composite sandwich plate with and without carbon nanotube reinforcement in core material. Various parametric studies are performed numerically to study the effects of carbon nanotube wt% in core material, core thickness, ply orientations, and various boundary conditions on the dynamic properties of composite honeycomb sandwich plate. Further, the transverse vibration responses of hybrid composite sandwich plates under harmonic force excitation are analyzed at various wt% of carbon nanotubes and the results are compared with those obtained without addition of carbon nanotubes to demonstrate the effectiveness of carbon nanotube reinforcement in enhancing the stiffness and damping characteristics of the structures. The study provides the guidelines for the designer on enhancing both the stiffness and damping properties of sandwich structures through carbon nanotube reinforcement in core materials.


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