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Investigation of low velocity impact behaviors of honeycomb sandwich composites

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Honeycomb sandwich composites are used as significant structural members in advanced engineering applications. Thus, it is critical to determine how they behave under impact loading, in addition to other loads. In this study, low velocity impact loading behaviors of honeycomb sandwich composites were experimentally investigated. Almost all of the design parameters of honeycomb sandwich composites were investigated. The results indicated that the core thickness of honeycomb had no effect on the strength of the composite, and the parameter influencing the impact behavior of the specimen the most was the face sheet thickness. When the face sheet thickness of the specimen was increased, the most apparent strength increase was observed in the models using carbon fiber-reinforced composite face sheets. For all face sheet types subject to impact energy of 10 Joules, the upper face sheets of 0.5 mm-thick specimens were perforated.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Batman University, Batman, Turkey

    Tolga Topkaya

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey

    Murat Yavuz Solmaz

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Tolga Topkaya graduated from Department of Mechanical Engineering at Fırat University at 2007. He gained his Ph.D. degree at the same university at 2017. He is working as Research Assistant at University of Batman, Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2010. His main research fields are composites, biomechanics and adhesion and adhesives.

Murat Yavuz Solmaz received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Enginering from Fırat University, Turkey, in 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor at Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Firat Univeristy in Turkey. His research interests include composite materials, sandwich composites and adhesive joints.

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Topkaya, T., Solmaz, M.Y. Investigation of low velocity impact behaviors of honeycomb sandwich composites. J Mech Sci Technol 32, 3161–3167 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-018-0619-5

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