... 11 03 2014 17 03 2014 The failure behavior of geometrically asymmetric sandwich beams with a metal foam core is analytically and experimentally investigated. New initial failure modes of the asymmetric sandwich beams are observed under three-point bending, i.e., face yield, face...

...Qing Hua Qin; T. J. Wang The objective of this work is to investigate the quasi-static plastic behavior of a fully clamped metal foam core sandwich beam transversely loaded by a flat punch. A rigid-plastic beam-on-foundation model is extended to study the local denting deformation of a metal foam...

...L. St-Pierre; N. A. Fleck; V. S. Deshpande Stainless steel sandwich beams with a corrugated core or a Y-frame core have been tested in three-point bending and the role of the face-sheets has been assessed by considering beams with (i) front-and-back faces present, and (ii) front face present...

...B. P. Russell; T. Liu; N. A. Fleck; V. S. Deshpande Sandwich beams comprising identical face sheets and a square honeycomb core were manufactured from carbon fiber composite sheets. Analytical expressions were derived for four competing collapse mechanisms of simply supported and clamped sandwich...