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Project C1: Macro- and meso-scale composites | |||
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| Project Leader: Professor Mark Hoffman - University of New South Wales | Staff/students |
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| The use of sandwich structures provides exceptional strength to weight and bending stiffness to weight properties. These are attained by using thin dense skins which sandwich a low-density core. To date such systems have concentrated upon Al foam cores which themselves demonstrate exceptional impact-energy absorption capabilities as demonstrated by uniaxial compression tests. A number of gaps exist in the knowledge of this field, in particular: | Ranzi, Gianluca Ringer, Simon Sha, Gang Moy, Charles Crosky, Alan Hoffman, Mark Idris, Maizlinda Kabir, Kaveh Avery, Tatiana Vodenitcherova, Tania Dayal, Pranesh Yang, Dengke Lau, Kai Dick Savvides, N Wen, Cui'e |
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| • | The optimum core structure in terms of intrinsic mechanical properties of the alloy and density. | |||
| • | The influence of skin properties upon bend strength and beam collapse. | |||
| • | The influence of the skin upon contact damage. | |||
| • | The residual strength of the structure following contact, be it impact or quasi static. | |||
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| The project will seek to redress these deficiencies. | ||||
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