I'm going to simulate the structural response of a sandwich structure with agglomerated cork core under bending and compression loading. Is there any reliable information about the structural behavior of cork under mechanical loading?
There is something called ACP in ANSYS WORKBENCH or Helius composite by autodesk (Free version)
Cork - Poisson's ratio is zero - compressible or stretchable while lateral dimensions remain intact. Quite the opposite behavior to that of rubber, where the Poisson's ratio is 0.5, making it incompressible. That makes cork quite an interesting material. Otherwise, FE model is much the same - you could consider cork as homogeneous and isotropic, with standard textbook properties.The interface could be considered as bonded contact unless you suspect peel-off or delamination failure mode. Start simple.
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