Design, fabrication and performance studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composites

• Main Author: Ho, Jian Yang.
• Other Authors: Sunil Chandrakant Joshi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Materials of construction
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38911
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The strength-to-weight ratio is an important parameter in material applications, especially in the aerospace industry. Composite sandwich structures comprising of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) as face materials with other core materials serve as a current practice to obtain strong and light...