Three-Point Flexural Normal Stress Analysis of Wood-Bamboo Sandwich Composite

Abstract

In order to describe the bending property of sandwich beam with wood skin and binderless bamboo chips core, the effect of construction parameters and material type on bending normal stress and moment was analyzed systematically. It is shown that maximum bending normal stress of sandwich construction is bigger than homogeneous single layer beam with same cross section if the skin has higher modulus than the core. The bending moment can be taken almost by skin layer if the core modulus is much smaller than skin materials and core thickness should also be smaller to special point than total cross section. As for wood-bamboo sandwich composite, the core resistance to bending moment should be considered. The results can provide basic theory for design optimization of sandwich construction.