[HTML][HTML] Advanced honeycomb designs for improving mechanical properties: A review

C Qi, F Jiang, S Yang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Honeycombs are ultra-light materials with outstanding mechanical properties, which mainly
originate from their unit cell configurations rather than the properties of matrix materials …

Lessons from nature: 3D printed bio-inspired porous structures for impact energy absorption–A review

SH Siddique, PJ Hazell, H Wang, JP Escobedo… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a result of their mechanical characteristics, biological structures often provide inspiration
for the development of high-performance mechanical structures. Nevertheless, traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties and energy absorption of bio-inspired hierarchical circular honeycomb

N San Ha, TM Pham, TT Tran, H Hao, G Lu - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposed a new bio-inspired hierarchical circular honeycomb (BHCH), mimicking
the hierarchical structures from wood. The mechanical properties and energy absorption …

Dynamic behaviors of bio-inspired structures: Design, mechanisms, and models

W Zhang, J Xu, TX Yu - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Following nature's design principles, biological entities have evolved to be highly efficient
and multifunctional to maximize all the available materials and structures and to survive in …

Bioinspired engineering of honeycomb structure–Using nature to inspire human innovation

Q Zhang, X Yang, P Li, G Huang, S Feng… - Progress in Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Honeycomb structures, inspired from bee honeycombs, had found widespread applications
in various fields, including architecture, transportation, mechanical engineering, chemical …

[HTML][HTML] A review of impact resistant biological and bioinspired materials and structures

BS Lazarus, A Velasco-Hogan, T Gómez-del Río… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biological systems must have the capability to withstand impacts generated during collisions
due to combat and defense. Thus, evolution has created complex materials' architectures at …

Energy absorption characteristics of bio-inspired hierarchical multi-cell bi-tubular tubes

N San Ha, TM Pham, W Chen, H Hao - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies have shown that the multi-cell bi-tubular tubes exhibit superior energy
absorption compared to the multi-cell tubes. To further improve the energy absorption of the …

Energy absorption of a bio-inspired honeycomb sandwich panel

NS Ha, G Lu, X Xiang - Journal of materials science, 2019 - Springer
In this study, a novel bio-inspired honeycomb sandwich panel (BHSP) based on the
microstructure of a woodpecker's beak is proposed. Unlike a conventional honeycomb, the …

[HTML][HTML] An insight from nature: honeycomb pattern in advanced structural design for impact energy absorption

H Mohammadi, Z Ahmad, M Petrů, SA Mazlan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ability of a vehicle to protect its occupants from serious injuries in the event of a collision
is defined as crashworthiness. The proper design of lightweight energy absorption …

Crashworthiness analysis of a novel bioinspired hexagonal honeycomb under out-of-plane crushing

Z Cai, X Deng, C Huang, Z Xie - Mechanics of Advanced Materials …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, a novel bioinspired hexagonal honeycomb (NBHH) is proposed. Different from
the conventional honeycomb (CH), the core wall of the NBHH has a saw-tooth corrugated …