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A structural sandwich typically consists of two thin “face sheets” made from stiff and strong relatively dense material such as metal or fiber composite bonded to a thick lightweight material called “core”. This concept mimics an I-beam, but in two dimensions, where the face sheets support bending loads and the core transfers shear force between the faces in a sandwich panel under load. Figure 1.1 illustrates flat and curved elements from a sandwich structure.
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Carlsson, L.A., Kardomateas, G.A. (2011). Introduction. In: Structural and Failure Mechanics of Sandwich Composites. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 121. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3225-7_1
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