Inspired by the safe landing of cats falling from high altitudes,a bionic flexible rubber bushing structure is proposed and its motion characteristics are systematically studied to explore its potential application in...Inspired by the safe landing of cats falling from high altitudes,a bionic flexible rubber bushing structure is proposed and its motion characteristics are systematically studied to explore its potential application in the suppression of vibration.The convex hull structure on the bushing surface is abstracted from the cat’s claw pad,and the hyper-viscoelastic model is selected as the constitutive model of the rubber material.In addition,the design with the best vibration damping effect is finally obtained by reasonably adjusting the amount of radial compression and distribution of bionic structures.Finally,under the same conditions,the test results of the dynamic characteristics of the bushing verify the accuracy of the simulation results.Research results show that the convex hull bionic structure designed in this paper can effectively change the motion characteristics of the rubber bushing under various working conditions,which provides new inspiration or potential possibility for the design of rubber bushing in the future.展开更多
The appendages of mantis shrimp often bear bending loads from different directions during the in the process of preying on prey with its grazing limb.Hence,it has excellent bending resistance and isotropy to confront ...The appendages of mantis shrimp often bear bending loads from different directions during the in the process of preying on prey with its grazing limb.Hence,it has excellent bending resistance and isotropy to confront complex and changeable external load.The outstanding performance owes to the helical Bouligand structure with a certain interlayer corner,which is also widely found in other natural materials.Hence,the bio-inspired materials with basalt fiber are fabricated with outstanding bending resistance,isotropy and toughness.The research shows laminates with 18°interlayer corners exhibit relatively excellent bending resistance and isotropy,and the laminate with 11.25°interlayer corner has best toughness.Compared with traditional composites,average bending strength along different loading direction of bio-inspired materials increased by 28%,and anisotropy decreased by 86%.Besides,the maximum toughness of laminates can increase to 1.7 times of the original.Following the introduction of interlayer corners,the bio-inspired composite tends to be isotropic.To explore the reason for the change of the isotropic performance caused by diverse interlayer corners,the Finite Element Analysis based on classical laminate theory and Tsai–Wu and Tsai–Hill failure criterion.Besides,further experiments and observations are conducted to explore possible reasons.In conclusion,following the introduction of interlayer corners,the bio-inspired composites tend to be isotropic.This bio-inspired composites are expected to be applied to various complex modern engineering fields,such as vehicle,rail transit and aerospace.展开更多
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the Jilin Provincial Scientific and Technological Department(20220201123GX).
文摘Inspired by the safe landing of cats falling from high altitudes,a bionic flexible rubber bushing structure is proposed and its motion characteristics are systematically studied to explore its potential application in the suppression of vibration.The convex hull structure on the bushing surface is abstracted from the cat’s claw pad,and the hyper-viscoelastic model is selected as the constitutive model of the rubber material.In addition,the design with the best vibration damping effect is finally obtained by reasonably adjusting the amount of radial compression and distribution of bionic structures.Finally,under the same conditions,the test results of the dynamic characteristics of the bushing verify the accuracy of the simulation results.Research results show that the convex hull bionic structure designed in this paper can effectively change the motion characteristics of the rubber bushing under various working conditions,which provides new inspiration or potential possibility for the design of rubber bushing in the future.
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFA0703300)the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52021003)+5 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51835006,51875244,U19A20103)Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team(No.2020TD-03)the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province(No.20200201232JC)Graduate innovation research program of Jilin University(101832020CX161)Interdisciplinary Integration and Innovation Project of JLU(No.JLUXKJC2021ZZ03)supported by“Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”.
文摘The appendages of mantis shrimp often bear bending loads from different directions during the in the process of preying on prey with its grazing limb.Hence,it has excellent bending resistance and isotropy to confront complex and changeable external load.The outstanding performance owes to the helical Bouligand structure with a certain interlayer corner,which is also widely found in other natural materials.Hence,the bio-inspired materials with basalt fiber are fabricated with outstanding bending resistance,isotropy and toughness.The research shows laminates with 18°interlayer corners exhibit relatively excellent bending resistance and isotropy,and the laminate with 11.25°interlayer corner has best toughness.Compared with traditional composites,average bending strength along different loading direction of bio-inspired materials increased by 28%,and anisotropy decreased by 86%.Besides,the maximum toughness of laminates can increase to 1.7 times of the original.Following the introduction of interlayer corners,the bio-inspired composite tends to be isotropic.To explore the reason for the change of the isotropic performance caused by diverse interlayer corners,the Finite Element Analysis based on classical laminate theory and Tsai–Wu and Tsai–Hill failure criterion.Besides,further experiments and observations are conducted to explore possible reasons.In conclusion,following the introduction of interlayer corners,the bio-inspired composites tend to be isotropic.This bio-inspired composites are expected to be applied to various complex modern engineering fields,such as vehicle,rail transit and aerospace.
