Review of sandwich structures under impact loadings: experimental, numerical and theoretical analysis

H Guo, H Yuan, J Zhang, D Ruan - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
With the swift advancement of aerospace, shipbuilding and engineering, the significance of
sandwich structures with cellular cores is becoming increasingly prominent due to their multi …

A review of the analysis of sandwich FGM structures

A Garg, MO Belarbi, HD Chalak, A Chakrabarti - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Extensive literature on the analysis of sandwich FGM structures highlights the use of these
structures as structural elements. In the present work, a detailed study has been carried out …

Stability analysis of imperfect FG sandwich plates containing metallic foam cores under various boundary conditions

M Chitour, A Bouhadra, F Bourada, B Mamen… - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This research investigates the influence of porosity on the stability behavior of thick
functionally graded sandwich plates subjected to mechanical loads, addressing a critical …

Bio-inspired nacre and helicoidal composites: from structure to mechanical applications

A Sharma, NK Shukla, MO Belarbi, M Abbas… - Thin-Walled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers and engineers have been fascinated by the way weak organic and inorganic
components naturally combine to create strong and long-lasting structures for the past few …

The role of spatial variation of the nonlocal parameter on the free vibration of functionally graded sandwich nanoplates

P Van Vinh, A Tounsi - Engineering with Computers, 2022 - Springer
The role of the spatial variation of the nonlocal parameter on the free vibration of functionally
graded sandwich nanoplates is investigated in this study. The key achievement of this work …

Estimation of carbon nanotubes and their applications as reinforcing composite materials–an engineering review

A Garg, HD Chalak, MO Belarbi, AM Zenkour… - Composite …, 2021 - Elsevier
The demand for increasing the strength of the structural element without an increase in the
size of the elements leads to the introduction of reinforcements. Employing carbon …

On the numerical modelling and analysis of multi-directional functionally graded composite structures: A review

PS Ghatage, VR Kar, PE Sudhagar - Composite Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents an exhaustive review on modelling and analysis of multi-directional
graded (beam/plate/shell) structures. From the past few decades, a significant increase in …

Natural frequency analysis of sigmoid functionally graded sandwich beams in the framework of high order shear deformation theory

M Avcar, L Hadji, Ö Civalek - Composite structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The current study aims to analyze the natural frequencies of sigmoid functionally graded
(FG) sandwich beams having various configurations employing the high-order shear …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic behaviour of carbon-nanotube reinforced functionally graded double-arch systems

OZS Ong, MH Ghayesh - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The goal of the current investigation is to determine the dynamic behaviour of double-arch
systems: the system is made of two arches reinforced by three different functionally graded …

On the finite element analysis of functionally graded sandwich curved beams via a new refined higher order shear deformation theory

MO Belarbi, MSA Houari, H Hirane, AA Daikh… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present paper, a novel refined shear deformation beam theory is proposed and
applied, for the first time, to investigate the bending behavior of functionally graded (FG) …