Crushworthiness of polymeric foam used as core composite sandwich structure

• Main Author: Zakaria, Hafizawati
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9657/1/HafizawatiZakariaMFKM2006.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9657/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:54856

PUR foam has been used extensively as core of sandwich structures in the aerospace and automobile industries. The understanding of their behaviour under crush conditions is extremely important for the design and manufacturing of these engineering structures since crush problems are directly related...