Rasmus ÿstergaard forside 100%.indd - Solid Mechanics
Rasmus ÿstergaard forside 100%.indd - Solid Mechanics
Rasmus ÿstergaard forside 100%.indd - Solid Mechanics
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1270 R.C. Østergaard / International Journal of <strong>Solid</strong>s and Structures 45 (2008) 1264–1282<br />
2.3. Global buckling of the sandwich column<br />
The global buckling load P gl of a sandwich column is not accurately predicted by the Euler-buckling load. A<br />
more accurate solution takes into account shear deformation of the core (Allen, 1969; Fleck and Sridhar, 2002):<br />
1 1 1<br />
¼ þ ; ð14Þ<br />
gl E S<br />
P P P<br />
where P S AG, A =(h + H) 2 /h, G = Ec/(1 + 2mc) and P E is the Euler-buckling load<br />
P E ¼ 4p2EI L 2 ; ð15Þ<br />
where EI ¼ R H<br />
h H Eðx2Þx2 2 dx2.<br />
Eq. (14) gives a fairly accurate estimate of the buckling load that is in agreement with numerical results. Indepth<br />
discussions concerning global buckling of sandwich structures are found elsewhere (Bazant, 2003;<br />
Bazant and Beghini, 2004).<br />
If we recast (14) in a dimensionless framework P gl can be expressed as:<br />
P gl<br />
4p<br />
¼<br />
HEf<br />
2gR gðg þ 2Þ 2 j2R þ 4ncp2 ; ð16Þ<br />
I 0<br />
where I0 =(g 3 R +6g 2 +12g + 8)/12 is a non-dimensional second moment of area and nc =2mc +1.<br />
As an approximate measure of the criticality of the two buckling modes we introduce the ratio:<br />
R ¼<br />
cr<br />
loc<br />
cr<br />
gl<br />
; ð17Þ<br />
where cr<br />
gl is the average-column-strain, DL/L, where global buckling initiates. cr<br />
loc is an estimate of the average-<br />
cr<br />
column-strain, DL/L, that results in buckling of the debonded face sheet. loc is estimated from the Euler-buckling<br />
load of a clamped–clamped column with the same length as the debonded face sheet:<br />
cr<br />
gl ¼<br />
cr<br />
loc ¼<br />
4p2Rg=A0 gðg þ 2Þ 2 j2R þ 4ncp2 ; ð18Þ<br />
I 0<br />
p 2<br />
3ð‘0=LÞ 2 j2 ; ð19Þ<br />
2<br />
ð2 þ gÞ<br />
where A0 = Rg +2.<br />
According to the conclusions by Somers et al. (1992), R < 1 can be used as a rough criterion for predicting<br />
in which cases face sheet buckling is observable. We will compare this criterion with the numerical results<br />
obtained in this study. Eq. (17) is also used to select sandwich columns for which R 1 since those are of primary<br />
concern in this study.<br />
2.4. Computational method<br />
The problem defined in the previous section is solved using a large-strain finite element formulation. Eight<br />
node isoparametric elements are used. A special Rayleigh–Ritz finite element method has been used to ensure<br />
Outward buckling<br />
of initially debonded<br />
face sheet<br />
Fig. 5. The sandwich column fails by local buckling of the initially debonded face sheet when a = 0.01 and b = 0.01. The displacements<br />
are scaled ·10.