Fracture and Structural Integrity e-ISSN 1971-8993 Open access
SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019)

Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites

Author and affiliation details
  • Rosa Marat-Mendes Corresponding author Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique, Av. Eng. Bonneville Franco, 2770-058, Paço de Arcos, Portugal ORCID iD0000-0002-3435-8241 rosamarat@enautica.pt
  • Ricardo Martins Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
  • Alexandre Garcia Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
  • Luis Reis IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal ORCID iD0000-0001-9848-9569
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53
Pages
568-585
Published
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Abstract

The objective of this work was to characterize the full-field flexural behavior of composite sandwich beams. Finite element analysis was used to estimate the behavior of sandwich beams under three- and four-point-bending tests and were compared with experimental results obtained via digital image correlation and strain-gages. Two different core thicknesses and two different sandwich lengths were used to simulate short- and long-beam. Two distinct sandwich beams were fabricated by bonding basalt fiber reinforced polymer composite face sheets (laminates) to polyurethane core and aluminum face sheets glued to polyurethane core with an adhesive film. Full-strain-fields and flexural displacements were obtained by means of strain-gages and digital image correlation technique. Experimental results were in good agreement with predictions and digital image technique attested to be a complementary method to strain-gages in experimental full-strain-fields analysis.

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How to cite

APA

Marat-Mendes, R., Martins, R., Garcia, A., & Reis, L. (2019). Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 13(49), 568–585. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53

IEEE

R. Marat-Mendes, R. Martins, A. Garcia, and L. Reis, “Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 13, no. 49, pp. 568–585, 2019, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53.

MLA

Marat-Mendes, Rosa, et al. “Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 13, no. 49, 2019, pp. 568–585. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53.

Chicago

Marat-Mendes, Rosa, Ricardo Martins, Alexandre Garcia, and Luis Reis. 2019. “Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 13 (49): 568–585. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53.

Harvard

Marat-Mendes, R., Martins, R., Garcia, A. and Reis, L. (2019) ‘Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 13(49), pp. 568–585. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53.

Vancouver

Marat-Mendes R, Martins R, Garcia A, Reis L. Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2019;13(49):568-585. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53

BibTeX

@article{maratmendes2019, author = {Marat-Mendes, Rosa and Martins, Ricardo and Garcia, Alexandre and Reis, Luis}, title = {Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2019}, volume = {13}, number = {49}, pages = {568--585}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Marat-Mendes, Rosa AU - Martins, Ricardo AU - Garcia, Alexandre AU - Reis, Luis TI - Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2019 DA - 2019/06/21 VL - 13 IS - 49 SP - 568 EP - 585 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.53 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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