Numerical Investigation of Impact Behavior of Strut-Based Cellular Structures Designed by Spatial Voronoi Tessellation

Autor: Songhao Lu, Minghao Zhang, Shiyue Guo, Boyoung Hur, Xuezheng Yue
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 12, Iss 7, p 1189 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met12071189
Popis: Porous materials have significant advantages, such as their light weight and good specific energy absorption. This paper presents the designs of two ordered Voronoi structures, a truncated octahedron (Octa) and a rhombic dodecahedron (Dodeca), based on spatial Voronoi tessellation. Through a numerical analysis, the dynamic behavior, deformation and energy absorption of the two porous structures under different impact energies were explored. According to the energy-absorption index, the effects of porosity, rotating unit cell and unit-cell shape on the energy absorption of the porous structures were quantitatively evaluated. The study shows that, for Dodeca and Octa structures subjected to various impact energies, the force-displacement curves exhibit three modes. The porosity, rotational unit cell and unit-cell shape play a crucial role in affecting the impact resistance of porous structures. The work in this paper proposes an effective way to improve the energy-absorption capacity of porous structures under different impact energies. At the same time, a new understanding of the deformation mechanism of Octa and Dodeca was obtained, which is significant for the impact-resistance design and energy-absorption evaluation of porous structures.
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