Toughening of low-weight foam-based composites

• Main Author: Erwin Merijn Wouterson
• Other Authors: Hu Xiao
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/41435
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Various industries, incl. defense, aerospace and automotive, are spending large budgets on the development of lightweight materials. Especially, sandwich composites gain increasing attention due to their high strength-to-weight which allows for a structural weight reduction compared to conventional...