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Look into the differences in each material (stiffness, use case, sourceability, cost, focus on nomex and aluminum)
Honeycomb is a core material used as a structural stiffening medium between plies of Carbon Fiber. A honeycomb structure is the ideal material for energy absorption because ----- . Because of this, the use of honeycomb materials creates a great strength-to-weight ratio, when comparing the capabilities of sandwich panels to that of conventional tubing.
When dealing with honeycomb, there are a few different cell configurations, which contribute to the loading and material capabilities of the honeycomb and by extension the sandwich panel. These configurations include:
Hexagonal Core/Reinforced Hexagonal Core
OX Core
Flex Core
Double Flex
Understand and label how each property of honeycomb affects the properties of the core material (length, width, thickness, cell size, cell shape, density, etc.)
Decision matrix between aluminum honeycomb and nomex honeycomb
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