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SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 797-805Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/secm-2017-0039
Keywords
edgewise compression; flatwise compression; foam filled honeycomb; polyester pins; sandwich panels
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Honeycomb sandwich panels entice continuously enhanced attention due to its excellent mechanical properties and multi-functional applications. However, the principal problem of sandwich panels is failure by face/core debond. Novel lightweight sandwich panels with hybrid core made of honeycomb, foam and through-thickness pin was developed. Reinforcing polyester pins between faces and core is an effectual way to strengthen the core and enhance the interfacial strength between the face/core to improve the structural performance of sandwich panels. To provide feasibility for pin reinforcement, honeycomb core was pre-filled with foam. Mechanical properties enhancement due to polyester pinning were investigated experimentally under flatwise compression, edgewise compression and flexural test. The experimental investigations were carried out for both foam filled honeycomb sandwich panels (FHS) and polyester pin-reinforced foam filled honeycomb sandwich panels (PFHS). The results show that polyester pin reinforcement in foam filled honeycomb sandwich panel enhanced the flatwise, edgewise compression and flexural properties considerably. Moreover, increasing the pin diameter has a larger effect on the flexural rigidity of PFHS panels. PFHS panels have inconsequential increase in weight but appreciably improved their structural performance.
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