Energy absorption characteristics of a novel six-missing rib honeycomb under in-plane impact

Abstract

To enhance the performance of the six-missing rib honeycomb (ASRH), two axisymmetric missing rib honeycombs, ASRH-1 and ASRH-2, are proposed in this study. First, the in-plane impact performance of ASRH, ASRH-1, and ASRH-2 is experimentally compared to verify the accuracy of the finite element model. Then, the deformation patterns, specific energy absorption (SEA), and negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) effects of the three honeycombs under different parameters were parametrically investigated. The results indicate that ASRH-1 and ASRH-2 exhibit higher SEA than ASRH at an impact velocity of 10 m/s, but the NPR effect does not change significantly. The axisymmetric honeycomb demonstrates no advantage at 50 and 100 m/s high-speed impacts. The Poisson’s ratio effect of the three honeycombs varied greatly with the internal ligament r of the honeycomb. The axisymmetric design offers a new concept for a NPR honeycomb design.

Keywords:

• In-plane impact
• ribbed honeycomb
• negative Poisson’s ratio
• energy absorption

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article.

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Funding

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52365036 and No. 52065059).