Failure analysis of sandwich panels

• Main Author: Manmadhan Kartha Nikhil.
• Other Authors: Chai Gin Boay
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18816
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The aim of this research work is to determine the maximum load carrying capacity of sandwich panels with plastic skins. Two types of plastics were used for testing, acrylic and polycarbonate. The initial phase of the project consisted of modeling the sandwich panel using FEM software. And impact te...