Current trends in additively manufactured (3D printed) energy absorbing structures for crashworthiness application–a review

CW Isaac, F Duddeck - Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Inspired by the vast amounts of investigations carried out on three-dimensional (3D) printed
structures and their recent accelerated developments, the present review paper …

Synergetic control mechanism for enhancing energy-absorption of 3D-printed lattice structures

X Liu, Y Wang, X Liu, Y Ren, H Jiang - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is difficult for controlling the failure mechanisms to improve the mechanical properties of
lattice structures in a specified way. To this end, inspired by biological tissue/alloy …

A topologically gradient body centered lattice design with enhanced stiffness and energy absorption properties

S Zhang, F Yang, P Li, Y Bian, J Zhao, H Fan - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Lattice structures have been widely used in biomedicine, transportation, infrastructure, and
other engineering fields due to their high specific strength, strong energy absorption …

Designable mechanical properties of modified body-centered cubic lattice materials

P Li, F Yang, Y Bian, S Zhang, L Wang - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Lattice materials possess broad application potential in many engineering fields due to their
excellent mechanical properties. In this paper, a thorough investigation is carried out for the …

Mechanical performances of novel cosine function cell-based metallic lattice structures under quasi-static compressive loading

G Zhu, D Wen, L Wei, Z Wang, X Zhao - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel lattice structure named cosine function cell-based (CFCB)
lattice, in which cell rods are designed in the shape of cosine function curve. Several quasi …

[HTML][HTML] Compression behaviors of the bio-inspired hierarchical lattice structure with improved mechanical properties and energy absorption capacity

M Wang, J Zhang, W Wang, L Gao - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nature materials usually possess unique hierarchical structures, like spongy bone, tendon
and bamboo, and often exhibit remarkable mechanical properties. In this paper, inspired by …

Quasi-static and dynamic behavior of additively manufactured metamaterial structures with layered-hybrid topologies

X Wang, R Qin, X Zhang, B Chen - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
A layered-hybrid metamaterial structure (LHMS) composed of a bio-inspired lattice cell and
a dodecagon body-centered lattice cell is proposed, for the purpose of combining the …

Nonlinear static and dynamic modeling of energy absorption lattice structures behavior

A Coluccia, G Jiang, G Meyer… - Mechanics of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Belonging to cellular solids subclasses, lattice structures have recently obtained much
interest in the lightweight engineering sector thanks to the potential of their specific structural …

Review on mechanical properties of metal lattice structures

X Miao, J Hu, Y Xu, J Su, Y Jing - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Metallic lattice structures are garnering increasing attention across various research
domains for their potential to create lightweight yet high-strength solutions. Their appeal …

Design of dual-phase lattice materials with balanced modulus, strength and energy absorption properties based on Sudoku arranged reinforcement phase distribution

P Li, F Yang, Y Liu, Y Bian, S Zhang, L Wang… - Computers & …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of the distribution pattern of the reinforcement phase on the
mechanical properties was studied for the simple-cubic matrix dual-phase lattices given the …