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Sandwich panels with expanded cork agglomerates as core and Aleppo pine wood veneer as face sheets were developed and characterized for compression (in plane and out of plane), traction and bending (three and four point). The load–displacement curves and fracture patterns were analyzed. The expanded cork agglomerate core allowed very good performance under compression while the wood layers strengthened the panel in relation to tensile stresses. Increasing the number of layers had a positive impact on the mechanical performance of the sandwich structure. Such eco-friendly, light and low cost sandwich panels can be used as non-structural construction elements such as partition walls.
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Lakreb, N., Bezzazi, B. & Pereira, H. Mechanical strength properties of innovative sandwich panels with expanded cork agglomerates. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 73, 465–473 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-015-0908-y
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