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M.F. Funari et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 47 (2019) 277-293; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.47.21 287 Mixed Mode Bending In this subsection, the MMB loading scheme shown in Fig. 7(a), experimentally analyzed by Carlosson and Kardomateas [3] and Quispitupa et al. [34], is taken into consideration. The values of material properties of the medium-density foam Divinycell H100, as reported by the referred authors and assumed in current analysis, are reported in Tab. 2. A preliminary step of the analysis involves the calibration of the cohesive model parameters, which is based on the experimental force / opening displacement relation observed in [3, 34] for two different values of the lever arm c (i.e. 40, 50 mm). Fig. 7(b) shows the best fitting curves obtained, both corresponding to a value of the separation energy for unit area, c G , and characteristic slip parameter, 0  , equal to 0.800 N/mm and 0.12 mm, respectively. Based on such interface properties, the investigation is therefore extended to a dynamic context, with the aim to investigate the influence of the loading rate and the inertial effects produced by different typologies of core. The displacement rate law adopted in the analysis is a linear ramp curve until the instant t 0 , with t 0 assumed half of first period of vibration ( T 1 ) of the structure, followed by a constant rate value v 0 . A parametric study is performed according to the following values of v 0 : 1) v 0 = 1 m s -1 ; 2) v 0 = 5 m s -1 ; 3) v 0 = 10 m s -1 . Face-sheet glass/polyester s 11 E [MPa] s 12 G [MPa] s  s  [kg/mc] 16.4 10 3 2.7 10 3 0.17 1500 Core-Divinycell H100 c 11 E [MPa] c 12 G [MPa] c  c  [kg/mc] 135 35 0.32 100 Interface properties c G [N mm -1 ] 0  [mm] 0.800 0.12 Table 3 : MMB test: mechanical and interface properties. c 11 E [MPa] c 12 G [MPa] c  [kg/mc] Divinycell H35 40 12 38 Divinycell H100 135 35 100 Divinycell H250 400 97 250 Table 4 : Mechanical properties DIVINYCELL H. (a) (b) Figure 8 : MMB test: (a) influence of the loading rate on the loading-displacement curve; (b) influence of the loading rate on the nominal crack tip speed.