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HONEYCOMB COMPOSITE [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
CONT

The honeycomb sandwich [margin title]. The core of the sandwich is the honeycomb, a structure composed of row upon row of framed cells, or holes, resembling the honey-storage facility of a beehive. To each side of the core are bonded extremely thin sheets of metal, creating the sandwich, which is far lighter yet has greater resistance to bending than a comparable thickness of metal plate. ... Sandwich construction is a major part of aerospace manufacturing ....

CONT

Honeycomb composites contain continuous fibers or filaments of the strengthening phase, in which each filament is surrounded by a continuous matrix of the ductile phase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
OBS

Pluriel : des sandwichs; des sandwiches.

OBS

sandwichs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Sandwich : (Technologie) Matériau composite constitué d'une âme très légère comprise entre deux plaques de matériau résistant. (On dit aussi «matériau sandwich».) Les matériaux sandwichs présentent l'avantage de fournir, à égalité de poids, une rigidité nettement supérieure à celle des matériaux traditionnels. Les âmes peuvent être de natures très diverses : bois, mousses organiques, nid d'abeilles métallique. [...] Ces matériaux ont trouvé de larges applications dans les industries aéronautique et spatiale, et dans le bâtiment.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

The airline's first tests were to determine the practicability of detecting water ingress in honeycomb structure.... Different materials stabilise in temperature at different rates, and a considerable thermal difference results between water and composite. In initial tests with pieces of ice embedded in honeycomb panels, the airline found that it could detect 2 cm³ of water in a hole of 25 mm diameter from a distance of 3 mm, 90 min after the panels had been exposed to 36°C below ambient temperature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance

Spanish

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