The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
This work describes aluminium skin sandwich panels made of recycled polyethylene (PE) bottle caps as a sustainable honeycomb core. A full factorial design is carried out to identify the effects of the orientation of the caps (single and alternated caps), skin roughness (smooth and rough substrate) and the type of adhesive (epoxy or polyester polymer) on the mechanical properties of the panels. Numerical...