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A study on out-of-plane compressive properties of metal honeycombs by numerical simulation

  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

To provide theoretical basis for metal honeycombs used as buffering and crashworthy structures, the effect of the cell length and foil thickness on compressive properties of metal honeycombs is investigated by numerical simulation. Numerical results are well consistent with the corresponding experimental results. The numerical results show that metal honeycombs have cyclic buckling when loaded in out-of-plane direction. The thicker the foil is or the shorter the cell length is, the higher the plastic collapse stress is and the plastic collapse stress is much sensitive when cell length is short. The numerical simulation used in this paper can well predict the crush behavior. Single and doubled foil portions of cell walls are also accounted in the FE model. The results demonstrate that the method is effective which can be used in optimization design of buffers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHigh Performance Structures and Materials Engineering
Pages723-727
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 1st International Conference on High Performance Structures and Materials Engineering, ICHPSM 2011 - Beijing, China
Duration: 5 May 20116 May 2011

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume217-218
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2011 1st International Conference on High Performance Structures and Materials Engineering, ICHPSM 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period5/05/116/05/11

Keywords

  • Energy-absorption characteristic
  • Metal honeycombs
  • Numerical simulation
  • Out-of-plane compressive properties
  • Quasi-static experiment

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