Research Article

Dynamic Analysis of Honeycomb Sandwich Beam with Multiple Debonds

Table 1

Properties of materials used.

Carbon-epoxy skinAluminium honeycomb core

𝐸 𝑥 𝑥 = 294.3 GPa,
𝐸 𝑦 𝑦 = 𝐸 𝑧 𝑧 = 5.957 GPa
Plate shear modulus
𝐿 -direction = 220.64 MPa
𝑊 -direction = 103.42 MPa
𝐺 𝑥 𝑦 = 𝐺 𝑥 𝑧 = 4.896 GPaCell size = 6 mm (inscribed circle diameter)
𝜐 = 0.346, 𝜌 = 1700 kg/m3Cell wall thickness = 1/1000 of an inch (.00254 mm), ρ = 2.3 pcf (33 kg/m3)