Investigation of Flexural Creep of Kraft Paper Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panels Using the Finite Element Method
Keywords:
Finite element model, primary creep, honeycomb, sandwichAbstract
Finite element (FE) models for the flexural creep of the sandwich panels with various Kraft paper honeycomb cores and wood composite skins were established. The creep constants of these FE models' core and skin were determined by simulating the experimental results of the flexural creep of the corresponding skin layer and sandwich panels individually. The influence of the core orientation, core shape, core and skin thickness, and core cell size was studied using these established FE models. The results indicated that the panel's flexural creep in the primary stage was smaller when the panel was thinner, longer, and wider as well as when the shelling ratio (thickness ratio between panel's core layer and skin layer) was smaller. The panel that had a higher stiffness skin layer, or the core's ribbon direction was parallel to the panel span, or was loaded at a lower level had a smaller flexural creep. However, there was no observed influence of honeycomb core's cell size on the flexural creep behavior of the sandwich panels.References
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