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  • Influence of general corrosion on buckling strength of laser-welded web-core sandwich plates
    (2014) Jelovica, Jasmin; Romanoff, Jani; Remes, Heikki
     School of Engineering | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    The strength of a web-core steel sandwich plate is potentially reduced in a corrosive environment. This study is dedicated to the influence of a reduction in the thickness of the plates as a result of general corrosion on sandwich plate buckling strength and first-fibre failure. Two scenarios are investigated in which corrosion reduces the thickness of (a) the outer sides of the face plates and (b) all surfaces, including the core. The laser weld between the face sheets and the core is assumed to be intact. The assumptions are made on the basis of earlier experimental findings. Critical buckling and geometric non-linear analysis are carried out with the finite element method, with the kinematics being represented using two approaches: (1) equivalent single-layer with first-order shear deformation theory, and (2) a three-dimensional model of the actual geometry of the structure, modelled using shell and connector elements. The former is used to identify the effect of corrosion on the stiffness coefficients and, consequently, the buckling strength. The later is used for verification and for stress prediction during post-buckling. A rapid decrease in the buckling strength was found for corrosion affecting the outer sides of the sandwich plate. The decrease in the buckling strength doubled in the case of the diffusion of moisture (water) into the core. The shear-induced secondary bending of the faces was found to affect the first-fibre yield.
  • Load-carrying behaviour of web-core sandwich plates in compression
    (2013) Jelovica, Jasmin; Romanoff, Jani
     School of Engineering | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
    This paper investigates theoretically the compressive load-carrying behaviour of geometrically imperfect web-core sandwich plates. Slender plates, which first buckle globally, are considered. The study is carried out using two approaches, both solved with the finite element method. The first is the equivalent single-layer theory approach. First-order shear deformation theory is used. The second approach is a three-dimensional shell model of a sandwich plate. Plates are loaded in the web plate direction. Simply supported and clamped boundary conditions are considered with a different level of in-plane restraint on the unloaded edge. The results show that the behaviour of the sandwich plate is qualitatively equal to the isotropic plate of the same bending stiffness for deflections lower than the plate thickness. As the deflections increase, the lower in-plane stiffness of the sandwich plate results in lower post-buckling stiffness. Local buckling of face plates in the post-buckling range of the sandwich plate further reduces the structural stiffness.