ANALYTICAL,NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL SANDWICH PANELS

Abstract

Abstract: Architectural sandwich panels with thin-walled cold-formed steel facings and rigid foamed insulating core are becoming more and more popular as enclosures for system buildings. In this paper, the structural behavior, including flexural stresses/deflections, flexural wrinkling, axial stability, thermal stresses and vibration, is presented, summarizing more than a decade of research. Methods used are analytical (boundary-valued approaches), numerical (finite-strip, finite-layer, finite prism approaches) and experimental (full-scale testings). Key equations are formulated, and results by different methods are compared.

Key words: two phase flow, deformable, periodic fluid particle

K.P. Chong;Y.K. Cheung;L.G. Tham. ANALYTICAL,NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL SANDWICH PANELS. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 1987, 8(2): 97-121.

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