Journal
JOURNAL OF SANDWICH STRUCTURES & MATERIALS
Volume 23, Issue 5, Pages 1504-1526Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1099636219896859
Keywords
Honeycomb core sandwich; face; core interface; benchmarking; energy release rate; phase angle
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- NIA/FAA
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The fracture mechanics analysis of a face/core interface crack in a honeycomb core sandwich under mode I-dominated loading conditions is conducted to examine the homogenized in-plane extensional properties. The study shows that plane stress assumption may lead to crack closure effects and highly distorted core elements for core with low in-plane modulus, while plane strain stabilizes the core deformation. Experimental results support the plane strain constrained modulus approach for face/core debond analysis.
Fracture mechanics analysis of a face/core interface crack in a honeycomb core sandwich under mode I-dominated loading conditions is considered. The main objective of the study is to examine how to represent the homogenized in-plane extensional properties of hexagonal honeycomb core under deformation constraints due to bonding of the core to the face sheets. 2D parametric finite element analysis is conducted over a wide range of homogenized in-plane extensional properties of the core. The results show that plane stress assumption may lead to crack closure effects and highly distorted core elements for core with low in-plane modulus, while plane strain stabilizes the core deformation. Experimental results from SCB testing of a honeycomb core sandwich support the plane strain constrained modulus approach to face/core debond analysis.
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