Experimental and numerical investigation of the low-velocity impact behavior in foam-core sandwich panels with manufacturing-induced de-bonding defects using pulsed infrared thermography

Hamid Pourbafrani, Ahmad Reza Ghasemi, Composite and Nanocomposite Research Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan

Journal of Composite Materials

Published online on October 28, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Composite Materials, Volume 60, Issue 19, Page 1743-1754, August 2026.
This study investigates the influence of manufacturing defects on the mechanical behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) sandwich panels with a Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) foam core when subjected to low-velocity impact loading. Foam-core sandwich ...