Residual Compression Property and Response of Honeycomb Sandwich Structures Subjected to Single and Repeated Quasi-Static Indentation

Abstract This paper investigated the response and residual compression properties of honeycomb sandwich structures subjected to single quasi-static indentation (QSI) and repeated QSI (RQSI). The damage depth after repeated low-velocity impact (LVI) was considered as the governing parameter during the QSI experiments. Three-dimensional digital image correlation method was applied to determine deformation of the front panels after LVI and QSI to describe damage to honeycomb structures. For specimens with the same depth, it is found that the residual strength of QSI was less than that of LVI and close to that of RQSI. Results indicated that it is more reasonable to describe the damage by volume than by depth.