Institusion
INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI DIRGANTARA ADISUTJIPTO
Author
RUDOLF TANESIB, ENGELBERTH
Subject
T Technology (General)
Datestamp
2024-07-16 02:02:43
Abstract :
Sandwich composites are one of the material options that are starting to be
used frequently in several industries including the aviation industry because sandwich
composites have high stiffness and strength with light weight. This study aims to
determine the mechanical strength of glass fiber sandwich composites with foam
cores against bending strength based on variations in core thickness and the number
of layers on the composite sandwich skin.
The research begins with the process of making glass fiber sandwich
composites with polyfoam cores using hand lay up and vacuum bagging methods
with variations in core thickness of 5 mm, 10 mm and 15 mm and variations in the
number of 1 layer, 2 layers and 3 layers of the composite sandwich skin. Then the
sandwich composite is cut to size for the bending test on ASTM C 393.
The results of the bending test obtained an increase in bending strength in the
direction of the increase in core thickness and the number of layers on the sandwich
composite skin where in the sandwich composite with a core thickness of 5 mm and
the number of 1 layer on the skin, the amount of bending load that can be resisted is
25 N, then the amount of bending load that is retainedability increased to 62.2 N in
sandwich composites with a core thickness of 10 mm and the number of 2 layers on
the skin and then increased to 118.4 N in sandwich composites with a core thickness
of 15 mm and a total of 3 layers on the skin