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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.

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