New European Recommendations for the design and application of sandwich panels - Results of the work of the Joint Committee on Sandwich Constructions

The design and manufacture of factory-made self-supporting sandwich panels are covered by European standard EN 14509. Two new European Recommendations extend the potential applications for the standard, providing information about the influence of openings on the loadbearing behaviour of the panels and about the possibility of supporting beams, purlins and cladding rails against stability failures. The new European Recommendations were prepared by the European Joint Committee on Sandwich Constructions.