Abstract
AbstractDeveloping sustainable composites for engineering applications is essential for minimizing environmental impacts and ensuring the long‐term viability of infrastructure and technological advancements. In this context, this work focuses on the manufacture and evaluation of the structural integrity of a sandwich structure composed of aluminum faces and egg‐box‐shaped, sisal fiber‐reinforced epoxy (SFE) or castor‐oil polyurethane (SFC‐O) composites. The sandwich panel is filled with a biobased foam and subjected to dynamic load (drop‐tower) test. For comparison, the base materials SFE and SFC‐O molded into the egg‐box‐shaped cores are also evaluated using Charpy impact tests to establish a potential correlation between their Charpy performance and the drop‐tower behavior of egg‐box sandwich structures. The findings reveal that SFC‐O laminates demonstrate superior Charpy impact resistance (~49%) compared to SFE laminates. Similarly, sandwich structures composed of egg‐box‐castor‐oil composite cores absorb approximately 42.5% more energy than those made with egg‐box‐epoxy cores. The impact behavior of the sandwich structures correlates directly with the impact resistance of the sisal fiber laminates. Overall, the results indicate that the castor‐oil polymer can effectively replace the epoxy polymer matrix phase, enhancing impact absorption and providing an environmentally correct and sustainable solution for fabricating sandwich panels.Highlights Castor‐oil polymer provides laminates with lower density relative to epoxy. Sisal‐castor‐oil‐based laminates possess higher impact resistance than those based on epoxy. Sisal‐castor‐oil‐based panels achieve higher absolute and specific drop‐tower impact properties. Panels subjected to drop‐tower impact tests reveal skin delamination, wrinkling and indentation. Debonding between the foam and egg‐box core is a typical failure mode for epoxy sandwich panels.
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