Star-shaped lattice structures with a negative Poisson’s ratio(NPR)effect exhibit excellent energy absorption capacity,making them highly promising for applications in aerospace,vehicles,and civil protection.While pr...Star-shaped lattice structures with a negative Poisson’s ratio(NPR)effect exhibit excellent energy absorption capacity,making them highly promising for applications in aerospace,vehicles,and civil protection.While previous research has primarily focused on single-walled cells,there is limited investigation into negative Poisson’s ratio structures with nested multi-walled cells.This study designed three star-shaped cell structures and three lattice configurations,analyzing the Poisson’s ratio,stress–strain relationship,and energy absorption capacity through tensile experiments and finite element simulations.Among the single structures,the star-shaped configuration r3 demonstrated the best elastic modulus,NPR effect,and energy absorption effect.In contrast,the uniform lattice structure R3 exhibited the highest tensile strength and energy absorption capacity.Additionally,the stress intensity and energy absorption of gradient structures increased with the number of layers.This study aims to provide a theoretical reference for the application of NPR materials in safety protection across civil and vehicle engineering,as well as other fields.展开更多
Laser additive manufacturing (AM) of lattice structures with light weight, excellent impact resistance, and energy absorption performance is receiving considerable attention in aerospace, transportation, and mechanica...Laser additive manufacturing (AM) of lattice structures with light weight, excellent impact resistance, and energy absorption performance is receiving considerable attention in aerospace, transportation, and mechanical equipment application fields. In this study, we designed four gradient lattice structures (GLSs) using the topology optimization method, including the unidirectional GLS, the bi-directional increasing GLS, the bi-directional decreasing GLS and the none-GLS. All GLSs were manufactureed by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The uniaxial compression tests and finite element analysis were conducted to investigate the influence of gradient distribution features on deformation modes and energy absorption performance of GLSs. The results showed that, compared with the 45° shear fracture characteristic of the none-GLS, the unidirectional GLS, the bi-directional increasing GLS and the bi-directional decreasing GLS had the characteristics of the layer-by-layer fracture, showing considerably improved energy absorption capacity. The bi-directional increasing GLS showed a unique combination of shear fracture and layer-by-layer fracture, having the optimal energy absorption performance with energy absorption and specific energy absorption of 235.6 J and 9.5 J g-1 at 0.5 strain, respectively. Combined with the shape memory effect of NiTi alloy, multiple compression-heat recovery experiments were carried out to verify the shape memory function of LPBF-processed NiTi GLSs. These findings have potential value for the future design of GLSs and the realization of shape memory function of NiTi components through laser AM.展开更多
Inspired by the gradient structure of the nature,two gradient lattice structures,i.e.,unidirectional gradient lattice(UGL)and bidirectional gradient lattice(BGL),are proposed based on the body-centered cubic(BCC)latti...Inspired by the gradient structure of the nature,two gradient lattice structures,i.e.,unidirectional gradient lattice(UGL)and bidirectional gradient lattice(BGL),are proposed based on the body-centered cubic(BCC)lattice to obtain specially designed mechanical behaviors,such as load-bearing and energy absorption capacities.First,a theoretical model is proposed to predict the initial stiffness of the gradient lattice structure under compressive loading,and validated against quasi-static compression tests and finite element models(FEMs).The deformation and failure mechanisms of the two structures are further studied based on experiments and simulations.The UGL structure exhibits a layer-by-layer failure mode,which avoids structure-wise shear failure in uniform structures.The BGL structure presents a symmetry deformation pattern,and the failure initiates at the weakest part.Finally,the energy absorption behaviors are also discussed.This study demonstrates the potential application of gradient lattice structures in load-transfer-path modification and energy absorption by topology design.展开更多
基金support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12202038)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(FRF-TP-22-028A1).
文摘Star-shaped lattice structures with a negative Poisson’s ratio(NPR)effect exhibit excellent energy absorption capacity,making them highly promising for applications in aerospace,vehicles,and civil protection.While previous research has primarily focused on single-walled cells,there is limited investigation into negative Poisson’s ratio structures with nested multi-walled cells.This study designed three star-shaped cell structures and three lattice configurations,analyzing the Poisson’s ratio,stress–strain relationship,and energy absorption capacity through tensile experiments and finite element simulations.Among the single structures,the star-shaped configuration r3 demonstrated the best elastic modulus,NPR effect,and energy absorption effect.In contrast,the uniform lattice structure R3 exhibited the highest tensile strength and energy absorption capacity.Additionally,the stress intensity and energy absorption of gradient structures increased with the number of layers.This study aims to provide a theoretical reference for the application of NPR materials in safety protection across civil and vehicle engineering,as well as other fields.
基金supported by the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51735005 and U1930207)the Basic Strengthening Program(No.2019-JCJQ-JJ-331)+1 种基金National Natural Science Founda-tion of China for Creative Research Groups(No.51921003)the 15th Batch of‘Six Talents Peaks’Innovative Talents Team Program(No.TD-GDZB-001).
文摘Laser additive manufacturing (AM) of lattice structures with light weight, excellent impact resistance, and energy absorption performance is receiving considerable attention in aerospace, transportation, and mechanical equipment application fields. In this study, we designed four gradient lattice structures (GLSs) using the topology optimization method, including the unidirectional GLS, the bi-directional increasing GLS, the bi-directional decreasing GLS and the none-GLS. All GLSs were manufactureed by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The uniaxial compression tests and finite element analysis were conducted to investigate the influence of gradient distribution features on deformation modes and energy absorption performance of GLSs. The results showed that, compared with the 45° shear fracture characteristic of the none-GLS, the unidirectional GLS, the bi-directional increasing GLS and the bi-directional decreasing GLS had the characteristics of the layer-by-layer fracture, showing considerably improved energy absorption capacity. The bi-directional increasing GLS showed a unique combination of shear fracture and layer-by-layer fracture, having the optimal energy absorption performance with energy absorption and specific energy absorption of 235.6 J and 9.5 J g-1 at 0.5 strain, respectively. Combined with the shape memory effect of NiTi alloy, multiple compression-heat recovery experiments were carried out to verify the shape memory function of LPBF-processed NiTi GLSs. These findings have potential value for the future design of GLSs and the realization of shape memory function of NiTi components through laser AM.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11972049 and 12002050)National Key Laboratory Foundation of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Im-pact(Grant No.6142902200401)Opening Fund of State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics.
文摘Inspired by the gradient structure of the nature,two gradient lattice structures,i.e.,unidirectional gradient lattice(UGL)and bidirectional gradient lattice(BGL),are proposed based on the body-centered cubic(BCC)lattice to obtain specially designed mechanical behaviors,such as load-bearing and energy absorption capacities.First,a theoretical model is proposed to predict the initial stiffness of the gradient lattice structure under compressive loading,and validated against quasi-static compression tests and finite element models(FEMs).The deformation and failure mechanisms of the two structures are further studied based on experiments and simulations.The UGL structure exhibits a layer-by-layer failure mode,which avoids structure-wise shear failure in uniform structures.The BGL structure presents a symmetry deformation pattern,and the failure initiates at the weakest part.Finally,the energy absorption behaviors are also discussed.This study demonstrates the potential application of gradient lattice structures in load-transfer-path modification and energy absorption by topology design.