FABRIC-REINFORCED, MORTAR-FACED, FOAM-CORE SANDWICH PANELS

The construction is described of structural sandwich panels by wrapping reinforcing fabric around a foam board, then dipping it in a motar slurry and screeding away exess mortar. A procedure for obtaining the relative face, core, and reinforcing thicknesses to satisfy panel structural constraints at minimum material cost and at minimum weight for the faces which have unequal tensile and compressive stiffnesses is described. The sandwich panel construction is described, as well as the materials (foam board, reinforcing fabrics). Panel optimization, cross-section design, and the experimental procedure and results are described. Stiffness/weight comparisons with other panel products is presented.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Nicholls, R
• Publication Date: 1991-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1356-71
• Serial:
  • Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Volume: 117
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9445
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/loi/jsendh

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fabrics; Foams; Material reinforcement; Mortar; Panels; Sandwich construction
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00608003
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1991 12:00AM