2. Materials for sandwich construction
2.1 Rigid skins
They are usually made up of :
for medium- and high-performance composites, thermosetting matrix laminates (unsaturated polyesters
, epoxies[1] or thermoplastics[2] polypropylene...) and a fibrous reinforcement (mat and fabric) of glass[3] and[4] carbon or aramid[5]
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Materials for sandwich construction
Standards
The characterization of certain mechanical and physical properties of sandwiches is presented below. The characterization of skins is carried out according to the standards associated with the class of material used (see in particular article
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