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First and second sandwich panels each have first and second face sheets, held in a mutually parallel, spaced-apart relationship by a low-density core. The panels are joined along an edge, which may be curved. The joinder is made by a plurality of thin, flat “L”-shaped joining pieces, each having fir

First and second sandwich panels each have first and second face sheets, held in a mutually parallel, spaced-apart relationship by a low-density core. The panels are joined along an edge, which may be curved. The joinder is made by a plurality of thin, flat “L”-shaped joining pieces, each having first and second legs, which may be at skew angles if the panels are joined at skew angles. The first leg of the first joining piece is affixed, as by adhesive, to the first face sheet of the first panel and to the exposed core of the second panel, and the second leg of the first joining piece is affixed to the second face sheet of the second panel. The second joining piece, adjacent the first, has its first leg affixed to the first face sheet of the second panel and to the exposed core of the first panel, and its second leg affixed to the second face sheet of the first panel. Other additional fasteners may alternate along the length of the edge to be joined. In a particular embodiment, the first legs of the joining pieces are coupled in common.

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A structure including a pair of sandwich panels joined together along edges, comprising: first and second sandwich panels, each of said panels including first and second load-bearing face sheets, each defining a plane, said face sheets being held in a mutually parallel spaced-apart relationship by a

A structure including a pair of sandwich panels joined together along edges, comprising: first and second sandwich panels, each of said panels including first and second load-bearing face sheets, each defining a plane, said face sheets being held in a mutually parallel spaced-apart relationship by a core, each of said sandwich panels also including at least regions of an edge to be joined, the planes of said face sheets of said first panel making a particular angle with the planes of said face sheets of said second panel; at least two joining pieces fastened to said first and second sandwich panels in said regions of said edges to be joined, each of said joining pieces being a thin, flat member elongated along an axis of elongation, each of said joining pieces including a bend of said member to define first and second thin, flat segments lying in planes separated by said particular angle, first ones of said joining pieces having said first segments affixed to said first face sheet of said first panel and to the exposed portion of said core of said second panel, and said second segments affixed to said second face sheet of said second panel, and second ones of said joining pieces, located adjacent to said first ones in regions to be joined adjacent to those of said first ones of said joining pieces, having first ones of said segments affixed to said first face sheet of said second panel and to said exposed core of said first panel, and said second segments affixed to said second face sheet of said first panel.