Micromechanical Analysis of Composite Corrugated-Core Sandwich Panels for Integral Thermal Protection Systems

termsA44 andA55 werecalculatedusinganenergyapproach.Usingtheshear-deformableplatetheory,aclosed-form solution of the plate response was derived. The variation of plate stiffness and maximum plate deflection due to changing the web angle are discussed. The calculated results, which require significantly less computational effort and time, agree well with the three-dimensional finite element analysis. This study indicates that panels with rectangular webs resulted in a weak extensional, bending, and A55 stiffness and that the center plate deflection was minimum for a triangular corrugated core. The micromechanical analysis procedures developed in this study were used to determine the stresses in each component of the sandwich panel (face and web) due to a uniform pressure load.

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