Flexible chiral honeycomb cores generally exhibit nonlinear elastic properties due to large geometric deformation.The effective elastic moduli and Poisson's ratio typically vary with an increase in deformation.Her...Flexible chiral honeycomb cores generally exhibit nonlinear elastic properties due to large geometric deformation.The effective elastic moduli and Poisson's ratio typically vary with an increase in deformation.Here,the size and shape optimization of the chiral hexagonal honeycombs was performed to keep the Young's moduli and Poisson's ratio unchanged under large deformations.The size of the honeycomb unit cell and the position coordinates of the key points were defined simultaneously as design variables.The equivalent Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of chiral honeycombs were calculated through geometric nonlinear analysis.The objective was to minimize the allowable tolerance between the prescribed and actual properties within the range of the target strain.A genetic algorithm was then adopted.The optimal results demonstrate that the chiral honeycombs can maintain effective elastic properties that do not vary under large deformation.These results are meaningful to morphing aircraft designs.展开更多
A novel grooving method for eliminating the bending-induced collapse of hexagonal honeycombs has been proposed,which lies in determining the appropriate grooving parameters,including the grooving spacing,angle,and dep...A novel grooving method for eliminating the bending-induced collapse of hexagonal honeycombs has been proposed,which lies in determining the appropriate grooving parameters,including the grooving spacing,angle,and depth.To this end,a framework built upon the experiment-based,machine learning approach for grooving parameters prediction was presented.The continuously grooved honeycomb bending experiments with various radii,honeycomb types,and thicknesses were carried out,and then the deformation level of honeycombs at different grooving spacing was quantitatively evaluated.A criterion for determining the grooving spacing was proposed by setting an appropriate tolerance for the out-of-plane compression strength.It was found that as the curvature increases,the grooving spacing increases due to the deformation level of honeycombs being more severe at a smaller bending radius.Besides,the grooving spacing drops as the honeycomb thickness increases,and the cell size has a positive effect on the grooving spacing,while the relative density has a negative effect on the grooving spacing.Furthermore,the data-driven Gaussian Process(GP)was trained from the collected data to predict the grooving spacing efficiently.The grooving angle and depth were calculated using the geometrical relationship of honeycombs before and after bending.Finally,the grooving parameters design and verification of a honeycomb sandwich fairing part were conducted based on the proposed grooving method.展开更多
This study analyzes and predicts the vibration characteristics of fiberreinforced composite sandwich(FRCS)cylindrical-spherical(CS)combined shells with hexagon honeycomb core(HHC)for the first time based on an analyti...This study analyzes and predicts the vibration characteristics of fiberreinforced composite sandwich(FRCS)cylindrical-spherical(CS)combined shells with hexagon honeycomb core(HHC)for the first time based on an analytical model developed,which makes good use of the advantage of the first-order shear deformation theory(FSDT),the multi-segment decomposition technique,the virtual spring technology,the Jacobi-Ritz approach,and the transfer function method.The equivalent material properties of HHC are firstly determined by the modified Gibson’s formula,and the related energy equations are derived for the HHC-FRCS-CS combined shells,from which the fundamental frequencies,the mode shapes,and the forced vibration responses are solved.The current model is verified through the discussion of convergence and comparative analysis with the associated published literature and finite element(FE)results.The effects of geometric parameters of HHC on the dynamic property of the structure are further investigated with the verified model.It reveals that the vibration suppression capability can be greatly enhanced by reducing the ratio of HHC thickness to total thickness and the ratio of wall thickness of honeycomb cell to overall radius,and by increasing the ratio of length of honeycomb cell to overall radius and honeycomb characteristic angle of HHC.展开更多
基金National Key Research and Development Program(2017YFB1102800)NSFC for Excellent Young Scholars(11722219)National Natural Science Foundation of China(11772258,51790171,5171101743)。
文摘Flexible chiral honeycomb cores generally exhibit nonlinear elastic properties due to large geometric deformation.The effective elastic moduli and Poisson's ratio typically vary with an increase in deformation.Here,the size and shape optimization of the chiral hexagonal honeycombs was performed to keep the Young's moduli and Poisson's ratio unchanged under large deformations.The size of the honeycomb unit cell and the position coordinates of the key points were defined simultaneously as design variables.The equivalent Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of chiral honeycombs were calculated through geometric nonlinear analysis.The objective was to minimize the allowable tolerance between the prescribed and actual properties within the range of the target strain.A genetic algorithm was then adopted.The optimal results demonstrate that the chiral honeycombs can maintain effective elastic properties that do not vary under large deformation.These results are meaningful to morphing aircraft designs.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11902256)the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi,China(No.2019JQ-479).
文摘A novel grooving method for eliminating the bending-induced collapse of hexagonal honeycombs has been proposed,which lies in determining the appropriate grooving parameters,including the grooving spacing,angle,and depth.To this end,a framework built upon the experiment-based,machine learning approach for grooving parameters prediction was presented.The continuously grooved honeycomb bending experiments with various radii,honeycomb types,and thicknesses were carried out,and then the deformation level of honeycombs at different grooving spacing was quantitatively evaluated.A criterion for determining the grooving spacing was proposed by setting an appropriate tolerance for the out-of-plane compression strength.It was found that as the curvature increases,the grooving spacing increases due to the deformation level of honeycombs being more severe at a smaller bending radius.Besides,the grooving spacing drops as the honeycomb thickness increases,and the cell size has a positive effect on the grooving spacing,while the relative density has a negative effect on the grooving spacing.Furthermore,the data-driven Gaussian Process(GP)was trained from the collected data to predict the grooving spacing efficiently.The grooving angle and depth were calculated using the geometrical relationship of honeycombs before and after bending.Finally,the grooving parameters design and verification of a honeycomb sandwich fairing part were conducted based on the proposed grooving method.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52175079 and 12072091)the Science Foundation of the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments of China(No.6142905192512)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(No.N2103026)the Major Projects of AeroEngines and Gas Turbines of China(No.J2019-I-0008-0008)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020M680990)。
文摘This study analyzes and predicts the vibration characteristics of fiberreinforced composite sandwich(FRCS)cylindrical-spherical(CS)combined shells with hexagon honeycomb core(HHC)for the first time based on an analytical model developed,which makes good use of the advantage of the first-order shear deformation theory(FSDT),the multi-segment decomposition technique,the virtual spring technology,the Jacobi-Ritz approach,and the transfer function method.The equivalent material properties of HHC are firstly determined by the modified Gibson’s formula,and the related energy equations are derived for the HHC-FRCS-CS combined shells,from which the fundamental frequencies,the mode shapes,and the forced vibration responses are solved.The current model is verified through the discussion of convergence and comparative analysis with the associated published literature and finite element(FE)results.The effects of geometric parameters of HHC on the dynamic property of the structure are further investigated with the verified model.It reveals that the vibration suppression capability can be greatly enhanced by reducing the ratio of HHC thickness to total thickness and the ratio of wall thickness of honeycomb cell to overall radius,and by increasing the ratio of length of honeycomb cell to overall radius and honeycomb characteristic angle of HHC.
