The Behavior of Sandwich Structures of Isotropic and Composite Materials

From a background in sandwich structures to thermoelastic problems of sandwich structures and sandwich shell theory, this book provides the knowledge needed to analyze, design, and optimize various sandwich structures. It covers special failure modes, such as face wrinkling and core shear instability, as well as honeycomb, foam, web, and truss cores. Optimization is explored in two chapters on sandwich plates and sandwich shells. The author presents the optimization techniques in closed form and the methods are applicable to material selection and geometric design. The book also contains a set of problems and references at the end of each chapter.