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Mechanical response of pyramidal lattice truss core sandwich structures by additive manufacturing

  • Ge Qi
  • , Bin Ji
  • , Han Han
  • , Bing Wang
  • , Li Ma*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Aerospace System Engineering Shanghai

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Abstract

It has been demonstrated that stretching-dominated materials are much more weight-efficient and can facilitate multifunction integration than the conventional bending-dominated cellular solids, however, with some difficulty in fabrication. In this study, metallic pyramidal lattice truss core sandwich structures are fabricated from EOS Aluminium AlSi10Mg, utilizing additive manufacturing method. Out-of- and in- plane compression as well as shear tests were carried out in order to measure the stiffness and strength properties of the structures. The out-of-plane compressive strength is determined by buckling of struts, and samples fail in macro buckling in in-plane tests. The shear strength of the samples is dominated by the node failure. The measurements indicate that lattice truss materials fabricated by additive manufacturing method is characterized by excellent process stability, providing new opportunities for cellular solids.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2017
Event21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2017 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 20 Aug 201725 Aug 2017

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period20/08/1725/08/17

Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Mechanical properties
  • Pyramidal truss
  • Sandwich structures

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