Experimental and finite element analysis of the impact response of agglomerated cork and its intraply hybrid flax/basalt sandwich structures

Abstract

The material from this source included in this thesis is not singled out with typographic means and references and is included in Chapters 2 and 4.➢ "Cork core sandwich structures: static and dynamic response" Claudia Sergi, Jacopo Tirillò,

Eco-Friendly Cork–Polyurethane Biocomposites for Enhanced Impact Performance: Experimental and Numerical Analysis

“…More recently, Sergi et al [29] tested the resistance of sandwich structures containing cork agglomerates as the core material. They found that a higher density resulted in greater resistance and less maximum displacement, and the cork agglomerates showed an excellent capacity for dimensional recovery after compression.…”

Creep behaviour of eco-friendly sandwich composite materials under hygrothermal conditions

“…For this application, the impact and flexural behaviour of sandwich is highly inspected [20][21][22][23][24]. The majority of the bio-based composite sandwich materials and structures developed so far have been indeed tested under monotonic, dynamic, fatigue or impact loading conditions [20,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. There is a certain lack of data and knowledge in open literature concerning the long-term behaviour, in particular creep bending under hygrothermal conditions.…”