OrthoGrid Sandwich - can you provide a description?

[cpoteet]

Hi All, I was looking through the hypersizer concepts and found something named "OrthoGrid Sandwich" under the Orthogrid/Isogrid family.  It wasn't clear from the inputs exactly what this concept represents, can someone provide more info or a diagram?  Thanks, Carl

[James]

The orthogrid sandwich concept is basically an orthogrid panel with two facesheets (top and bottom) such that the internal ribs are the middle layer, sandwiched between the facesheets.

Here is a help page that shows the available sizing variables for the grid concepts. Orthogrid sandwich is included.
http://hypersizer.com/help_7.3/#Concepts/fam-04-grid.php

I hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have any further questions.

-James

[cpoteet]

Thanks James.  The graphic is misleading for this concept.  My initial interpretation was correct, but when I saw the graphic I thought it must be something else.