Sandwich composites

(a)

Modelling of the mechanical response of a sandwich structure made of a hollow-tube stacking core under a compressive loading.

a) 4X5-tube large square stacking with a tube outer diameter of 2 mm and a thickness of 200 micrometers

b) von Mises stress map for a homogeneous constitutive material

c) comparison between experimental and simulated mechanical responses.

(b)

(c)