Optimal design of sandwich panels made of wood veneer hollow cores
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Article Title | Optimal design of sandwich panels made of wood veneer hollow cores |
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ERA Journal ID | 4884 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Banerjee, S. (Author) and Bhattacharyya, D. (Author) |
Journal Title | Composites Science and Technology |
Journal Citation | 71 (4), pp. 425-432 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0266-3538 |
1879-1050 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.12.011 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266353810004793 |
Abstract | In response to the growing interest in replenishable, lightweight, stiff and strong materials, a novel sandwich panel with a hollow core has been manufactured using commercially produced 3-ply veneer. In this paper, the out-of-plane shear behaviour of the novel hollow core is analysed and the expressions for the failure loads are developed. A strength-based optimisation problem is formulated for predicting the optimum values of the panel dimensions that would produce minimum panel weight when subjected to bending. It has been found that the minimum weight, as predicted by the full four parameter optimisation, is slightly lower than that obtained by using the closed form expressions derived on the basis of simplified three parameter optimisation. Relationships between the active failure modes are explored. Design maps are shown for a wide range of loading that can be used to calculate the minimum panel weight and the corresponding values of the geometric parameters. The approach developed is general and is equally applicable for sandwich panels with similar hollow cores made of other materials. |
Keywords | sandwich structures; hollow core; wood veneer; failure criteria; optimisation |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401602. Composite and hybrid materials |
401609. Polymers and plastics | |
401706. Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
University of Auckland, New Zealand | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q07q4/optimal-design-of-sandwich-panels-made-of-wood-veneer-hollow-cores
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