• Banila K Monachan
• Serene Sara Simon

The demand for light weight sandwich panels are becoming increasingly important as multi-functional components in many areas. The tremendous need of these light weight modular structures have application in bridge deck slabs, partition walls, roof slabs etc. Corrugated core sandwich panels can be defined as a sandwiched composite structures in which a corrugated core is sandwiched between a top and bottom face sheets. One of the main characteristics is their high stiffness to mass ratio under bending conditions and also good impact resistance. This study mainly focuses on the analysis of corrugated core sandwich panels, wherein, investigation is performed to determine the effect of geometric parameters on the mechanical behavior of the corrugations on the panel by utilizing different materials. Static, dynamic and buckling analyses of corrugated core panels were conducted and its applicability in bridge deck were presented. The use of different types of core shapes and addition of different material properties results in variation on deformation and shear force of the panels, and also helps to find out performance of panels on different loading condition. Transient analysis were performed on the bridge deck panels to find the effect of moving loads. The results revealed that z core corrugated sandwich panel shows less deformation and more stress compared to other shapes. The studies were performed using ANSYS 16.

Corrugated core sandwich panels, bridge deck

"ANALYSIS OF CORRUGATED CORE SANDWICH PANELS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.284-290, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806164.pdf

"ANALYSIS OF CORRUGATED CORE SANDWICH PANELS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp284-290, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806164.pdf