Experimental investigation of static and thermal-mechanical bending fatigue strength of steel honeycomb sandwich beams

The aim of this work is to investigate static and thermal-mechanical strength and fatigue behaviors of steel honeycomb sandwich beams through three-point bending. The bending strength limits at different experimental temperatures (room temperature, 200, 300 and 400 degrees C, respectively) are obtained. The bending fatigue behaviors at high temperature are discussed and the fatigue test results are presented in standard S/N diagrams. Meanwhile damage and failure modes are reported and analyzed. Effects of the honeycomb cell orientation (L or W) on the maximum load and on the damage processes are also investigated.