Temperature effects on the compressive properties and failure mechanisms of composite sandwich panel with Y-shaped cores

The effects of temperature on the mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of composite sandwich panel with Y-shaped cores under out-of-plane compression have been studied in this paper. The carbon fiber composite sandwich panel with Y-shaped cores was manufactured by a hot-press method using unidirectional carbon/epoxy prepregs. The out-of-plane compression tests of composite sandwich panels were conducted at temperatures ranging from 20 °C...