Sandwich facing material

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Weitsman YJ, Penumadu D, Siriruk A (2009) Immersed and dry fatigue behaviour of cartxm fiho-and vinyl ester sandwich facing materials. In 17th International conference on cmnposite materials (ICCM-17), Edinburgh, UK, 27-31 July 2009... 

Structural sandwich panels represent what is probably one of the most common applications for structural adhesives. Facing materials can be made to adhere to core materials, such as aluminum or paper honeycomb, to give a high composite strength-to-weight ratio. 

Facing materials for use on the laminate board and sandwich panel, etc. include metal plates (steel, iron, and aluminum), metal foils, non-woven cloth and various kinds of paper (glass-fiber, ceramic-fiber, and flame-retardant), and the complex of these materials. Because the adhesive strength of phenolic foam is weak, special measures must be taken on the side of the facing material. 

Sandwich Panels. When making sandwich panels using phenolic foams, it is necessary to increase adhesive bond strength between the foam and the facing material. For this purpose, it is necessary to lower the friability of foam and to increase the adhesive area. 

Shear properties of sandwich core materials can be determined by a similar technique described in ASTM C273-94 [24]. In this method the support plates may be adhered directly to the facings of the sandwich or the core materials. The recommended speed of jaw separation is 0.50 mm/minute. 

Jute sandwich composite wall panels have been developed using jute laminate as a face and plastic wood/honeycomb as a core material for prefabricated stmcture. The thickness of panels is ranged between 25 and 65 mm. The panels are lightweight, rigid, and easy to install with simple tools to an open frame work. During impact test, the panels withstand against 5 and 25 kg sand-filled leather balls after several blows. The face material coated with gelcoat on the outer surface is water resistant. 

Two types of polymeric facing materials that are utilized in naval sandwich structures were considered. 

In the usual building and construction practice a structural sandwich construction is a special case of a laminate with flat, curved, or otherwise two thin facings. The facings are of relatively stiff, hard, dense, strong material that are bonded to a relatively thick core of a lightweight material that is considerably less dense, stiff, and strong than the facings. Structural sandwiches can be all plastics, all metals, or combination of plastic and metal, etc. 

This equation is exact if the facings are of equal thickness, and approximate if they are not, but the approximation is close if the facings are thin relative to the core. It as is usually the case, E is much smaller than Ef, the last term in the equation can be ignored. For asymmetrical sandwiches with different materials or different thicknesses in their facings or both, a more general equation may be used (109). 

In many isotropic materials the shear modulus G is high compared to the elastic modulus E, and the shear distortion of a transversely loaded beam is so small that it can be neglected in calculating deflection. In a structural sandwich the core shear modulus G, is usually so much smaller than Ef of the facings that the shear distortion of the core may be large and therefore contribute significantly to the deflection of a transversely loaded beam. The total deflection of a beam is thus composed of two factors the deflection caused by the bending moment alone, and the deflection caused by shear, that is, S = m + Ss, where S = total deflection, Sm = moment deflection, and Ss = shear deflection. 

And, if we compare various sandwich structures of the same materials and same facings with increasing core thickness only, we can write ... 

The main precaution taken in the preparation of an alpha source using an alpha-emitting radioisotope is to cover its front face with the thinnest possible layer of material. Commercial sources are made by sandwiching the radioisotope between two thin foils. Figure 13.15 shows a Am source made by the Amersham Corporation. 

Another important device based on interference is the I abry-Peroi etalon. The device consists of a plate made of a transparent material with highly parallel faces Coaled with a nonahsorbing. htghiv rellectivc material. Alternatively, a spacer of the chosen thickness made of invar or quartz with highly parallel faces is sandwiched between two mirrtrrs to form the etalon. The bandwidth... 

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