A study of skin-core adhesion in glass fibre reinforced sandwich materials

A test technique for measuring skin-core adhesion in fibre reinforced sandwich structures has been developed and applied. The test enables the interfacial fracture energy to be measured for most standard sandwich constructions. The technique has been subsequently employed to investigate skin-core adhesion in a number of sandwich structures similar to those currently used in the marine industry. It has been shown that the interfacial fracture...