The effect of impact damage on the tension-compression fatigue properties of sandwich panels with face sheets of carbon epoxy

An experimental investigation was performed to examine the effect of low energy impact damage on tension-compression fatigue properties of sandwich panels. The specimens consisted of a 9 mm thick Nomex honeycomb and face sheets of (0,± 45) and (± 45,0) Carbon/epoxy. Drop weight impact was applied to create internal laminate damage. In order to...