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<doi>10.3850/S2010428611000079</doi>
<article-title>Large Deflection of Geometrically Asymmetric Metal Foam Core
Sandwich Beam Transversely Loaded by a Flat Punch</article-title>
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<author>Qinghua Qin<sup>a</sup>, Jianxun Zhang, Zhengjin Wang and T. J. Wang<sup>b</sup> </author>
<author-citation>Qin, Qinghua; Zhang, Jianxun; Wang, Zhengjin; Wang, T. J.</author-citation>

<aff>State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures
Department of Engineering Mechanics Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, 710049, China   </aff>

<email><a href="mailto:qhqin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn   "><sup>a</sup>qhqin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn   </a></email>

<email><a href="mailto:wangtj@mail.xjtu.edu.cn   "><sup>b</sup>wangtj@mail.xjtu.edu.cn  </a></email>

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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>The objective of this work is to study the large deflection of
geometrically asymmetric metal foam core sandwich beam under
transverse loading by a fiat punch. A yield criterion is proposed
for geometrically asymmetric metal foam core sandwich structures,
and then analytical solution for the large deflection of a fully
clamped slender sandwich beam is obtained, in which the
interaction of bending and stretching induced by large deflection
is considered. Also, finite element (FE) analysis is carried out.
Comparisons of the analytical solution with numerical results are
presented and good agreements are found. The effects of asymmetric
factor, core strength and loading punch size on the structural
response of asymmetric sandwich beam are discussed in detail. It
is shown that the axial stretching induced by large deflection has
significant effect on the load-carrying and energy absorption
capacities of geometrically asymmetric sandwich structure, but the
effect of asymmetry is negligible as the deflection is larger than
the depth of the sandwich beam.  </p><p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Metal foam, Geometrically asymmetric sandwich structure, Yield criterion, Asymmetric factor, Large deflection.  </p>
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