Document Type

Presentation

Journal/Book Title/Conference

American Society for Composites 39th Annual Technical Conference

Location

San Diego, CA

Publication Date

10-22-2024

First Page

1

Last Page

15

Abstract

Foldcore sandwich panels (FSPs) provide highly tailorable structural and multifunctional performance over legacy sandwich panels made with honeycomb or foam cores. In FSP manufacturing, skins and foldcore are made from any flat sheets of unitary or hybrid materials, folded into a desired pattern. Two common folding mechanisms include origami and kirigami: origami core is involved with folding only, while kirigami core is associated with a strategic combination of folding and cutting. Material and core geometry can be determined to satisfy the applications’ performance requirements. Overall, origami- or kirigami-inspired FSPs have the potential to revolutionize the ways to design and build aerospace structures operating under harsh conditions. Limited works exist on the design of FSPs for practical aerospace structures.

This work investigates the hyper-velocity impact (HVI) resistance of FSCs with various core geometries and evaluate their potential for future urban air mobility (UAM) primary structure applications. A total of six origami- and kirigami-based foldcore geometries are studied. Effects of foldcores on FSP’s impact damage are numerically investigated using a recently developed in-house composite damage model. The primary objectives of the present work are to (1) characterize structural characteristics and corresponding damage morphologies of FSPs subjected to HVIs (>2 km/s) and (2) identify critical foldcore design parameters. This work is a baseline study to provide an in-depth understanding of novel aerospace sandwich panels, particularly for lightweight UAM primary structure applications, offering excellent impact mitigation performance.

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Published for the American Society for Composites 39th Annual Technical Conference

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