An investigation on the effect of adhesive bonding strength on bending behavior of sandwich panels with Al A356/SiCp composite foam core

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Masoud Golestanipour ¹
• Abolfazl Babakhani ²
• Seyed Mojtaba Zebarjad ³

¹ Materials Research Group, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Mashhad Branch, Iran

² Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, School of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³ Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

    Aluminium and aluminium base composite foam core sandwich panels are good energy absorbers for impact protection applications, such as light-weight structural panels, packing materials and energy absorbing devices. In this study, three-point bending tests were carried out on sandwich structures with Al A356/SiCp composite foam core and Al 1100 aluminium face-sheets and also aluminium composite foam without face-sheets. For bonding of panels, three industrial adhesive with different shear strength were used. Maximum of failure force, absorbed energy, bending behavior, deformation model and adhesive bonding were investigated. Results showed that maximum failure force and absorbed energy of sandwich panels were higher than aluminium composite foam without face-sheets. In addition, for samples with higher strength of adhesive bonding, failure were accrued in foam core rather than bonding interface. Finally, because of constant value of face-sheets thickness and mid-span, bonding strength was effective parameter on deformation model and bending behavior of sandwich panels.

Keywords

• Aluminum Foam
• Sandwich Panel
• Adhesive bonding
• three-point bending test

20.1001.1.22285946.1396.7.27.7.9

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