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

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

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Abstract

In this study, metallic pyramidal lattice truss core sandwich structures, including single-layered as well as multi-layered ones, are fabricated from EOS Aluminium AlSi10 Mg, utilizing additive manufacturing method. Out-of-plane 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 specimens fail in plastic yielding of face sheets for in-plane tests. And for the shear performance of the specimens, the strength is dominated by the node failure. In addition to experimental testing, finite element models have been developed for simulating the stiffness and strength properties and the numerical results agree well with experimental performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1298-1306
Number of pages9
JournalMechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Volume26
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Aug 2019

Keywords

  • Sandwich panels
  • additive manufacturing
  • mechanical response
  • pyramidal truss core
  • strength

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