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Stress Analysis Of Tapered Sandwich Panels With Isotropic Or Laminated Composite Facings, Huyue Zhao

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Structural sandwich construction is used in many air and space vehicles, cargo containers, boats and ships. Connection of the sandwich construction component to a framework or substructure is a critical issue in the detail design for sandwich construction. The tapered connection where the facings are drawn together at the support is one of the most efficient types of connections in composite sandwich construction. We present a tapered sandwich theory that is simple to use, yet accurately predicts the stresses and deflection of both symmetric and non-symmetric tapered sections. In this investigation we assume that the facings are relatively thin and …