INNOVATIVE NATURAL FIBER HONEYCOMB CORES FOR SANDWICH STRUCTURES BASED ON VINYLESTER RESIN REINFORCED WITH JUTE FABRICS

ARIEL STOCCHI; VERA ALVAREZ; ANALÍA VÁZQUEZ

Congreso; SAMPE EUROPE 33th International Conference and Forums in cooperation with The JEC Composites show; 2011

In this work the obtention and caracterization of novel sandwich core material was done. This material consists in a jute-fiber reinforced vinylester honeycomb. Different cell size was investigated as well as different processing techiques. The obtained cores were tested and compared with the comercially available cores. The results of compression tests and the failure analysis indicate good specific mechanical properties.