Author : G.R. Rayjade and G.V.R. Seshagiri Rao

The use of sandwich structure is increased rapidly in various fields which uses many applications ranging from satellite, aircraft, ships, automobile, railcars, bridge construction and many more the purpose of following review paper is to provide general introduction to sandwich structure and discussion on structural mechanics including types of loads acting, failure modes observed in sandwich construction and typical three point bending analysis of sandwich structure.

Keywords: Sandwich structure, honeycomb core, failure modes, defects, bending analysis

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April-2015)