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Sandwich beams reinforced with K-Cor™ are characterized in terms of stiffness, strength and fracture by means of static tests, and compared to traditional sandwich materials. Stiffness is evaluated with a series of three flexure tests applied to each sample. Strength tests show different failure mechanisms for the two architectures. Mode I fracture properties are measured and a significant increase in the core toughness of reinforced samples is revealed.
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Casari, P., Cartié, D., Davies, P. (2005). Characterisation of Novel K-Cor Sandwich Structures. In: Thomsen, O., Bozhevolnaya, E., Lyckegaard, A. (eds) Sandwich Structures 7: Advancing with Sandwich Structures and Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3848-8_87
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