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e aim of this paper was to investigate bending responses of sandwich panels with aluminium honeycomb core and carbon fibrereinforced plastic (CFRP) skins used in electric vehicle body subjected to quasistatic bending. e typical load-displacement curves, failure modes, and energy absorption are studied. e effects of fibre direction, stacking sequence, layer thickness, and loading velocity on the crashworthiness characteristics are discussed. e finite element analysis (FEA) results are compared with experimental measurements. It is observed that there are good agreements between the FEA and experimental results. Numerical simulations and experiment predict that the honeycomb sandwich panels with ±30°and ±45°fibre direction, asymmetrical stacking sequence (45°/−45°/45°/−45°), thicker panels (0.2 mm∼0.4 mm), and smaller loading velocity (5 mm/min∼30 mm/min) have better crashworthiness performance. e FEA prediction is also helpful in understanding the initiation and propagation of cracks within the honeycomb sandwich panels.

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