Flexural Bending and Axial Compression of Architectural Sandwich Panels by Combined Finite-Prim-Strip Method

Abstract

In this paper, the flexural and axial compressive behavior of the prefabricated architectural sandwich panels are studied. The sandwich panel is approximated by the finite-prism-strip model. Such method is simple to program and save considerable computing effort than the finite element method. The results are compared with the available analytical solution.

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