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Non-Linear Stress-Strain Effects in the Flexural Wrinkling of Carbon Fibre Honeycomb Sandwich Beams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

A.K. Ditcher
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Bristol
J.P.H. Webber
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Bristol
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Summary

A theoretical analysis of the flexural wrinkling of a honeycomb sandwich beam with laminated faces having non-linear stress-strain behaviour is presented. Appropriate tangent moduli are used in the constitutive equations for the compression face and a double iteration technique is used to calculate wrinkling loads. Numerical results are given for sandwich beams with unidirectional and cross-ply carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) faces. Experimental failure loads of sandwich beams are compared with theoretical predictions, and, in general, the agreement between the two is good.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1982

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