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1. A system comprising:
a substantially concrete free tower, said tower comprising a plurality of sandwich panels, said tower comprises a plurality of segmented sections, said plurality of segmented sections comprising said plurality of sandwich panels, said tower assembled by coupling said plurality of segmented sections, each of said plurality of sandwich panels comprising:
a pair of opposing face sheets;a first corrugated core;a second corrugated core, each of said first corrugated core and said second corrugated core having substantially planar corrugations running along a length of each core, corrugation peaks of said first corrugated core fixedly fastened to corresponding corrugation peaks of said second corrugated core;an opposing pair of end caps; andan opposing pair of side caps, each of said opposing pair of end caps and said opposing pair of side caps constructed to restrain motion of said first corrugated core and said second corrugated core relative to said pair of opposing face sheets; wherein when an impact or energy is externally applied to either of said opposing pair of face sheets, energy is transferred to said first corrugated core and said second corrugated core; and wherein, when said impact or energy is sufficient to inelastically deform either of said opposing pair of face sheets, said first corrugated core and said second corrugated core will deform and absorb said impact or energy without failing catastrophically or exposing an internal area shielded by said tower. |
