As a result of their mechanical characteristics, biological structures often provide inspiration
for the development of high-performance mechanical structures. Nevertheless, traditional …

It is a challenging task to advance the excellent strength and structural performance of
sandwich structures, while continuing to reduce the weight and cost parameters. Thousands …

Debonding at the core–skin interphase region is one of the primary failure modes in core
sandwich composites under shear loads. As a result, the ability to characterize the …

Renewed efforts towards greater use of environmentally sustainable materials have created
new opportunities for balsa wood (Ochroma pyramidale) to replace non-renewable …

The concept of mimicking natural materials to design novel lightweight structures with high
capacity of energy absorption is of great interest at present. Enormous natural structures …

In this paper, the polyurethane foam filled pyramidal lattice core sandwich panel is
fabricated in order to improve the energy absorption and low velocity impact resistance …

This review outlines the evolution of sandwich panels based on recent work and older
sources, focusing on the trends concerning sandwich panel achievements and applications …

Metallic sandwich panels with a cellular core such as honeycomb have the capability of
dissipating considerable energy by large plastic deformation under impact/blast loading. To …

Indentation response and energy absorption property of honeycomb sandwich panels
subjected to drop-weight impact under a spherical impactor were investigated. Experiments …

Scientists have explored alternative reinforcements to improve the mechanical properties of
composite structures in recent years due to the high financial and environmental costs …