"Structural and Failure Mechanics of Sandwich Composites" by Leif A.
Carlsson and George A. Kardomateas focuses on some important deformation
and failure modes of sandwich panels such as global buckling, wrinkling
and local instabilities, and face/core debonding. The book also provides
the mechanics background necessary for understanding deformation and
failure mechanisms in sandwich panels and the response of sandwich
structural parts to a variety of loadings. Specifically, first-order and
high-order sandwich panel theories, and three-dimensional elasticity
solutions for the structural behavior outlined in some detail.
Elasticity analysis can serve as a benchmark for judging the accuracy of
simplified sandwich plate, shell and beam theories. Furthermore, the
book reviews test methods developed for the characterization of the
constituent face and core materials, and sandwich beams and plates. The
characterization of face/core debonding is a major topic of this text,
and analysis methods based on fracture mechanics are described and
applied to several contemporary test specimens. Test methods and results
documented in the literature are included and discussed. The book will
benefit structural and materials engineers and researchers with the
desire to learn more about structural behavior, failure mechanisms,
fracture mechanics and damage tolerance of sandwich structures.
