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Experimental Validation of the Transverse Shear Behavior of a Nomex Core for Sandwich Panels

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This work deals with determination of the transverse shear moduli of a Nomex® honeycomb core of sandwich panels. Their out-of-plane shear characteristics depend on the transverse shear moduli of the honeycomb core. These moduli were determined experimentally, numerically, and analytically. Numerical simulations were performed by using a unit cell model and three analytical approaches. Analytical calculations showed that two of the approaches provided reasonable predictions for the transverse shear modulus as compared with experimental results. However, the approach based upon the classical lamination theory showed large deviations from experimental data. Numerical simulations also showed a trend similar to that resulting from the analytical models.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

    M. I. Farooqi, M. A. Nasir & H. M. Ali

  2. University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 279-290 , March-April, 2017.

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Farooqi, M.I., Nasir, M.A., Ali, H.M. et al. Experimental Validation of the Transverse Shear Behavior of a Nomex Core for Sandwich Panels. Mech Compos Mater 53, 193–202 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-017-9653-0

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