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Analytical determination of the ultimate strength of sandwich beams

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Abstract

An analytical determination of the ultimate strength of a typical GRP/PVC sandwich beam has been performed. These beams represent common building practise in marine applications. Equations describing the behaviour of a sandwich panel under beam loading and various failure modes have been developed. The method has been applied to predict the ultimate load for a simple supported sandwich beam. The critical loads have been compared with those from the experimental investigation of a typical bulkhead-to-hull GRP/PVC sandwich T-joint under pull out forces.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science, Section of Mechanics, The National Technical University of Athens, GR-15773, Athens, Greece

    Efstathios E. Theotokoglou

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Theotokoglou, E.E. Analytical determination of the ultimate strength of sandwich beams. Appl Compos Mater 3, 345–353 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00134976

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