Response of aluminium foam-cored sandwich panels to bending load

Ashby, 2000 McCormack, 2001, Failure of sandwich beams with metallic foam cores, Int J Solids Struct, 38, 4901, 10.1016/S0020-7683(00)00327-9 Bart-Smith, 2001, Measurement and analysis of the structural performance of cellular metal sandwich construction, Int J Mech Sci, 43, 1945, 10.1016/S0020-7403(00)00070-9 Kesler, 2002, Size effects in metallic foam core sandwich beams, Mater Sci Eng, A, 326, 228, 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01487-3 Crupi, 2007, Aluminium foam sandwiches collapse modes under static and dynamic three-point bending, Int J Impact Eng, 34, 509, 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2005.10.001 Yu, 2008, Static and low-velocity impact behavior of sandwich beams with closed-cell aluminum-foam core in three-point bending, Int J Impact Eng, 35, 885, 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.01.006 Kabir, 2009, Structural response of aluminium foam hybrid sandwich panels under three-point bending loading, Int J Mod Phys B (IJMPB), 23, 1733, 10.1142/S0217979209061548 Zu, 2012, Static three-point bending behavior of aluminum foam sandwich, J Alloys Compd, 540, 275, 10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.06.079 Jing, 2011, The dynamic response of sandwich beams with open-cell metal foam cores, Compos B Eng, 42, 1, 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.09.024 Tan, 2013, Dynamic response of clamped sandwich beam with aluminium alloy foam core subjected to impact loading, Compos B Eng, 46, 39, 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.10.044 Redux 322 Film Adhesive Data Sheet. <http://www.hexcel.com/Resources/DataSheets/Adhesives-Data-Sheets/322_eu.pdf>. Hexcel Redux 322 Modified epoxy film adhesive. http://www.matweb.com/search/datasheet.aspx?matguid=37271b5f745840c1b1ca7cbf075058a5&ckck=12013. Kabir K, vodenitcharova T, Hoffman M. Quasi-static indentation of aluminium foam-cored sandwich panels. Unpublished results. Styles, 2007, The effect of core thickness on the flexural behaviour of aluminium foam sandwich structures, Compos Struct, 80, 532, 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.07.002 GLEICH Aluminiumwerk GmbH & Co. KG. ALPORAS technical data sheet, 2010. <http://www.gleich.de/files/data_sheet_alporas.pdf>. Gibson, 1997 Allen, 1969 Idris, 2009, Mechanical behaviour and energy absorption of closed-cell aluminium foam panels in uniaxial compression, Mater Sci Eng, A, 517, 37, 10.1016/j.msea.2009.03.067 Steeves, 2004, Collapse mechanisms of sandwich beams with composite faces and a foam core, loaded in three-point bending. Part I: analytical models and minimum weight design, Int J Mech Sci, 46, 561, 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2004.04.003 Chen, 2001, The plastic collapse of sandwich beams with a metallic foam core, Int J Mech Sci, 43, 1483, 10.1016/S0020-7403(00)00069-2