Mechanical Behaviour of Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer/Polyvinyl Chloride Foam Cored Sandwich Structures

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Test design</td><td class="align_center">Young’s modulus, <svg height="14.1649pt" id="M17" style="vertical-align:-5.529pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 14.4529 14.1649" width="14.4529pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M593 650H142L136 622C219 616 224 611 209 531L130 120C114 39 108 34 23 28L17 0H501C518 32 557 130 568 158L540 169C519 132 495 93 469 70C439 43 409 35 332 35C272 35 241 37 225 50C211 61 211 89 222 149L253 320H350C441 320 443 312 441 239H471L510 434H481C455 366 448 358 360 358H260L303 572C311 613 312 615 348 615H431C509 615 522 603 532 581C544 555 546 531 545 491L574 493C583 555 592 631 593 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.943,3.132)"><path d="M620 667C620 684 593 710 552 710C515 710 459 687 409 634C360 582 334 506 320 433H247L215 400L220 388H310L259 80C224 -129 199 -161 185 -174C175 -183 160 -192 141 -192C123 -192 90 -181 75 -165C69 -158 64 -156 54 -164C39 -178 24 -195 24 -208C24 -231 61 -257 94 -257C124 -257 162 -243 209 -194C267 -134 303 -66 343 107C369 220 378 279 393 385L503 397L523 433H404C432 619 464 660 500 660C522 660 542 646 566 621C573 614 583 615 593 621C603 628 620 648 620 667Z"></path></g></svg> (GPa)</td><td class="align_center">Yield strength, <svg height="11.6726pt" id="M18" style="vertical-align:-5.52901pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.14359 13.2655 11.6726" width="13.2655pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M548 455L523 469C505 448 490 439 461 439C416 439 374 447 316 447C144 447 23 310 23 161C23 47 89 -12 179 -12C312 -12 429 106 429 244C429 303 419 344 368 386L371 388C404 383 440 378 474 378C507 378 530 411 548 455ZM350 274C350 191 308 25 198 25C144 25 108 75 108 157C108 264 170 395 276 395C296 395 320 384 333 360C347 334 350 316 350 274Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.76,3.132)"><path d="M620 667C620 684 593 710 552 710C515 710 459 687 409 634C360 582 334 506 320 433H247L215 400L220 388H310L259 80C224 -129 199 -161 185 -174C175 -183 160 -192 141 -192C123 -192 90 -181 75 -165C69 -158 64 -156 54 -164C39 -178 24 -195 24 -208C24 -231 61 -257 94 -257C124 -257 162 -243 209 -194C267 -134 303 -66 343 107C369 220 378 279 393 385L503 397L523 433H404C432 619 464 660 500 660C522 660 542 646 566 621C573 614 583 615 593 621C603 628 620 648 620 667Z"></path></g></svg> (MPa)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">A4</td><td class="align_center">2.62 ± 0.11</td><td class="align_center">77.99 ± 1.36</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C4</td><td class="align_center">9.33 ± 0.18</td><td class="align_center">396.36 ± 2.58</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">E4</td><td class="align_center">7.07 ± 0.26</td><td class="align_center">197.43 ± 5.91</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">A8</td><td class="align_center">2.84 ± 0.09</td><td class="align_center">122.42 ± 6.37</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C8</td><td class="align_center">17.60 ± 0.12</td><td class="align_center">296.59 ± 8.14</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">E8</td><td class="align_center">10.32 ± 0.35</td><td class="align_center">338.93 ± 5.39</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Facesheet mechanical properties.</div>

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Table 2: Mechanical Behaviour of Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer/Polyvinyl Chloride Foam Cored Sandwich Structures 