Abstract
Availing cellular structures as the core of sandwich beams is an innovative approach to improve the efficiency of them. Nonetheless, the flexural characteristics of sandwich beams are affiliated to the core topology. Accordingly, choosing an appropriate core can have a significant efficacy on the performance of sandwich beams. The purpose of the present study is to assess the influence of using auxetic cores in flexural properties of sandwich beams. Specifically, experimental and finite element approaches were implemented to evaluate the flexural behavior, energy absorption and the stiffness of fully integrated 3D printed polymeric sandwich beams, made of square node anti-tetra chiral, arrowhead and re-entrant auxetic cores, compared with the conventional honeycomb core. Fabrication of specimens was performed using the FDM 3D printing method, and three-point bending tests were conducted on the printed specimens. Results indicated that selection of proper core topology has remarkable effect on the flexural properties of sandwich beams, and using auxetic core is potentially an efficient method to enhance mechanical properties of sandwich beams due to high load bearing capacity.
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