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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/scs.2017.25.3.327

Bending behavior of aluminum foam sandwich with 304 stainless steel face-sheet  

Yan, Chang (Key Laboratory of Road Construction Technology & Equipment of Chang'an University)
Song, Xuding (Key Laboratory of Road Construction Technology & Equipment of Chang'an University)
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Steel and Composite Structures / v.25, no.3, 2017 , pp. 327-335 More about this Journal
Abstract
To gain more knowledge of aluminum foam sandwich structure and promote the engineering application, aluminum foam sandwich consisting of 7050 matrix aluminum foam core and 304 stainless steel face-sheets was studied under three-point bending by WDW-T100 electronic universal tensile testing machine in this work. Results showed that when aluminum foam core was reinforced by 304 steel face-sheets, its load carrying capacity improved dramatically. The maximum load of AFS in three-point bending increased with the foam core density or face-sheet thickness monotonically. And also when foam core was reinforced by 304 steel panels, the energy absorption ability of foam came into play effectively. There was a clear plastic platform in the load-displacement curve of AFS in three-point bending. No crack of 304 steel happened in the present tests. Two collapse modes appeared, mode A comprised plastic hinge formation at the mid-span of the sandwich beam, with shear yielding of the core. Mode B consisted of plastic hinge formation both at mid-span and at the outer supports.
Keywords
composite materials; three-point bending; mechanical properties; failure mechanism;
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