Sandwich Structured Composites for Aeronautics: Methods of Manufacturing Affecting Some Mechanical Properties

Table 1

Relative characteristics of sandwich structures in relation to solid material [9] (see Figure 10).

Property	Laminate (skin)	Sandwich structure	Thicker sandwich structure
Stiffness	1.0	7.0	37.0
Flexural strength	1.0	3.5	9.2
Weight	1.0	1.04	1.06