SANDWICH STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED PRESSURE-BASED FORMING METHOD

摘要

A formed sandwich structure manufactured by a pressure-based forming method that includes steps of (1) positioning a sandwich structure into a cavity of a die assembly, the sandwich structure including a core positioned between a first liner sheet and a second liner sheet, the core including a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells, and (2) after the positioning, pressurizing the core to expand the sandwich structure into engagement with the die assembly.