REVIEW ARTICLE


Experimental Study on Shear Property of Integrated Sandwich Panel of Aluminum Honeycomb and Epoxy Resin



Xin Yaju*, Zhao Xuya, Liu Xiaoman, Tie Rui, Cheng Shuliang
Key Laboratory of Mechanical Reliability for Heavy Equipments and Large Structures of Hebei Province, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2015
Volume: 9
First Page: 1000
Last Page: 1006
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-9-1000
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01509011000

Article History:

Received Date: 26/05/2015
Revision Received Date: 14/07/2015
Acceptance Date: 10/08/2015
Electronic publication date: 07/10/2015
Collection year: 2015

© 2015 Yajun et al

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Key Laboratory of Mechanical Reliability for Heavy Equipments and Large Structures of Hebei Provice, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China; E-mail: slcheng@ysu.edu.cn


Abstract

In order to realize functional integration, a new kind of sandwich panel was made. By carrying out quasi-static shear experiments, its elastic modulus and ultimate bearing capacity with different resin immersing thickness, additional layer thickness of resin and specimen thickness were investigated. The load - displacement curves and failure models were obtained, which were compared with the traditional aluminum honeycomb sandwich panel. The experiments indicated that the integrated aluminum honeycomb and epoxy resin sandwich panel’s shearing process undergoes three phases: elasticity, yield and destruction. The specimen’s elastic modulus and ultimate bearing capacity increase with the increase of the resin thickness, additional layer thickness of resin and the specimen thickness, which greatly improve compared to the traditional sandwich structure. The composite layer and the core show good stability under shearing process, and there is no peeling-off or cracking between the composite layer and the core.

Keywords: Aluminum honeycomb, Epoxy resin, Sandwich panel, Integral whole, Shear test, Composite layer.