Elastic-plastic deformation of sandwich rod on elastic basis

Sandwich composite material possesses advantages of both light weight and high strength. Although the mechanical behaviors of sandwich composite material with the influence of single external environment have been intensively studied, little work has been done in the study of mechanical property, in view of the nonlinear behavior of sandwich composites in the complicated external environments. In this paper, the problem about the bending of the three-layer elastic-plastic rod located on the elastic base, with a compressibly physical nonlinear core, has been studied. The mechanical response of the designed three-layer elements consisting of two bearing layers and a core has been examined. The complicated problem about curving of the three-layer rod located on the elastic base has been solved. The convergence of the proposed method of elastic solutions is examined to convince that the solution is acceptable. The calculated results indicate that the plasticity and physical nonlinearity of materials have a great influence on the deformation of the sandwich rod on the elastic basis.