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Impact resistance efficiency of bio-inspired sandwich beam with different arched core materials

  • Kueh, Ahmad B.H. (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak) ;
  • Tan, Chun-Yean (United Ivory Sdn Bhd) ;
  • Yahya, Mohd Yazid (Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ;
  • Wahit, Mat Uzir (School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
  • Received : 2020.10.28
  • Accepted : 2021.05.21
  • Published : 2022.07.10
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Abstract

Impact resistance efficiency of the newly designed sandwich beam with a laterally arched core as bio-inspired by the woodpecker is numerically investigated. The principal components of the beam comprise a dual-core system sandwiched by the top and bottom laminated CFRP skins. Different materials, including hot melt adhesive, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), epoxy resin (EPON862), aluminum (Al6061), and mild carbon steel (AISI1018), are considered for the side-arched core layer of the beam for impact efficiency assessment. The aluminum honeycomb takes the role of the second core. Contact force, stress, damage formation, and impact energy for beams equipped with different materials are examined. A diversity in performance superiority is noticed in each of these indicators for different core materials. Therefore, for overall performance appraisal, the impact resistance efficiency index, which covers several chief impact performance parameters, of each sandwich beam is computed and compared. The impact resistance efficiency index of the structure equipped with the AISI1018 core is found to be the highest, about 3-10 times greater than other specimens, thus demonstrating its efficacy as the optimal material for the bio-inspired dual-core sandwich beam system.

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Acknowledgement

The authors thank Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak for funding the research with the Collaborative Research Grant (CRG) under the UTM - National initiative (grant number: GL/F02/CRGUTM/02/2020).

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