sandwich shell

noun

A structure consisting of a core (which can be foam or solid, honeycomb, web, corrugated or truss) sandwiched between two thinner outer layers, often made of metal or composite.

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nounsandwich shell (plural sandwich shells)

plural sandwich shells

  1. businessA structure consisting of a core (which can be foam or solid, honeycomb, web, corrugated or truss) sandwiched between two thinner outer layers, often made of metal or composite.

    In sandwich shells, because of their initial curvature, bending moments (stress couples) give rise to transverse normal stresses in the core.

    2018, Jack R. Vinson, The Behavior of Sandwich Structures of Isotropic and Composite Materials, page 320
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