Flexural responses and pseudo-ductile performance of lattice-web reinforced GFRP-wood sandwich beams

This paper investigates the pseudo-ductile flexural behavior of innovative sandwich beams using wood as core material and glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) as surface skins and inner lattice-webs. The beams were prepared by a vacuum assisted resin infusion process. An experimental study was carried out to evaluate the stiffness and strength properties of the composite sandwich beams and reference wood beams under four-point bending. Ten...