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The deformation mechanism of an aluminium foam core/thermoplastic composite facing sandwich structure was compared with an equivalent polymer foam core sandwich structure under 4pt bend loading. Full field strain analysis showed the metal core deformed extensively mid-beam while the polymer foam had high strain concentrations under the load rollers.
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Styles, M., Compston, P., Kalyanasundaram, S. (2005). Flexural Behaviour of Aluminium Foam/Composite Structures. In: Thomsen, O., Bozhevolnaya, E., Lyckegaard, A. (eds) Sandwich Structures 7: Advancing with Sandwich Structures and Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3848-8_49
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