Tensile properties of stainless steel sandwich sheets with fibrous cores

The unnotched and notched tensile properties of flocked and brazed stainless steel sandwiches with fibrous cores were examined. The tensile stress–strain responses show that the fibres do not carry any load in the flocked sheets and that the load transfer is better facilitated in the brazed sandwich sheets. Notched strength results show that the flocked sheets are notch-insensitive whereas the brazed sheet’s strength is highly sensitive to short notches.