Fabrication of aluminum honeycomb cored carbon fabric/epoxy composite sandwich structures via vacuum assisted resin infusion technique

Abstract

AbstractA detailed step‐by‐step fabrication procedural document of thin‐walled aluminum honeycomb sandwich composite structures, panels, and specimens using vacuum assisted resin infusion process was delivered in this paper. By and large, honeycomb sandwich structures are made by keeping the honeycomb core in between two face sheets, which are glued with the help of adhesives. In the present fabrication process, aluminum honeycomb core was glued in between the carbon fabric reinforced epoxy composite face sheets through vacuum assisted resin infusion technique. The present paper is aimed at fabricating two configurations of honeycomb sandwich composite panels namely, without considering any filler material inside the honeycomb cell, with considering the filler material inside the honeycomb cell. Plastic pellets made up of poly carbonate were considered as filler material for stiffening the aluminum honeycomb sandwich composite panels.