- Title
- Mechanical properties of sandwich panels constructed from polystyrene/cement mixed cores and thin cement sheet facings
- Creator
- Tabatabaiefar, Hamid; Mansoury, Bita; Khadivi Zand, Mohammad; Potter, Daniel
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/158431
- Identifier
- vital:11780
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1099636215621871
- Identifier
- ISSN:1099-6362
- Abstract
- Sandwich panels are made of two materials that are relatively weak in their separated state, but are improved when they are constructed together in a sandwich panel. Sandwich panels can be used for almost any section of a building including roofs, walls and floors. These building components are regularly required to provide insulation properties, weatherproofing properties and durability in addition to providing structural load bearing characteristics. Polystyrene/cement mixed cores and thin cement sheet facings sandwich panels are Australian products made of cement-polystyrene beaded mixture encapsulated between two thick cement board sheets. The structural properties of sandwich panels constructed of polystyrene/cement cores and thin cement sheet facings are relatively unknown. Therefore, in this study, to understand the mechanical behaviour and properties of those sandwich panels, a series of experimental tests have been performed and the outcomes have been explained and discussed. Based on the results of this study, values for modulus of elasticity and ultimate strength of the sandwich panels in dry and saturated conditions have been determined and proposed for practical applications. © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Relation
- Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials Vol. 19, no. 4 (2017), p. 456-481
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s) 2015.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 0905 Civil Engineering; 0912 Materials Engineering; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; Modulus of elasticity; Polystyrene/cement mixed cores; Sandwich panels; Thin cement sheet facings; Ultimate strength
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