Over the past several decades, a noticeable amount of research efforts has been directed to
minimising injuries and death to people inside a structure that is subjected to an impact …

Aluminum alloys have been increasingly used in structural engineering owing to their
desirable mechanical properties coupled with their recyclable and sustainable nature, which …

A series of novel bionic honeycombs (bio-honeycombs) are proposed by incorporating the
microstructure of the beetle elytra intersection unit into the regular hexagonal honeycomb …

Carbon nanomaterials secure promises of incorporating exceptional mechanical
performance and multifunctional properties into polymers. However, questions concerning …

Abstract Selective Laser Melting (SLM) allows the fabrication of complex geometries with
high resolution and robust mechanical properties. However, the manner of manufacture …

Architected lattices can be designed to have tailorable functionalities by controlling their
constitutive elements. However, little work has been devoted to comparing energy …

This paper presents an experimental study on impact behaviour and plastic evolution of
chiral structure subjected to in-plane impact loading using a Split Hopkinson pressure bar …

Arched structures have increased in importance over the last few years due to their high
efficiency in bearing loads. This paper introduces arched ribs to the classical re-entrant …

Thin-walled structures have been widely used in energy absorption and safety applications
such as automotive, due to their lightweight and progressive folding modes. This work …

This study aims to characterize the high strain rate constitutive behavior and the anisotropic
plasticity of three high strength aluminum sheet alloys, AA6013-T6, AA7075-T6 and a …