High temperature indentation behaviors of carbon fiber composite pyramidal truss structures

Abstract The composite sandwich panels with pyramidal truss cores were fabricated by the hot-press method. Subsequently, the experimental studies were performed to investigate the quasi-static indentation response of composite sandwich panel at high temperature. The quasi-static indentation tests of composite sandwich panels were conducted at temperatures ranging from 20 °C to 200 °C. The damage mechanism, load–displacement curves, indentation load and absorbed energies at high temperature were investigated and compared with that at room temperature. The results showed that high temperature induced a change in the failure mechanism and had the significant effect on the load–displacement curves, indentation load and energy absorption. The indentation load and absorbed energies decreased as temperature increased. Especially at 200 °C, the reduction in indentation load and absorbed energies was more severe, which was are mainly due to the degradation of matrix properties and fiber–matrix interface properties at higher temperature.

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