Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

In-plane compression response of foam filled re-entrant auxetic structure

  • Published:
Applied Composite Materials Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The in-plane compression response and energy absorption capacity of a new foam filled re-entrant honeycomb (FFRH) with negative Poisson’s ratio were investigated in this paper. Polyurethane foam filled aluminum alloy re-entrant honeycomb structures were fabricated though 3D printing method and pressure foaming method. The in-plane compression process and energy absorption properties under compression loading were studied experimentally and numerically, and a good agreement was observed between experimental results and numerical results. The comparison of experimental results of FFRH and ERH (empty re-entrant honeycomb) shows that, FFRH has a higher plateau stress and energy absorption capacity, and the auxetic behavior of re-entrant honeycomb causes a biaxial compression of the foam to form an enhanced compression resistance. The influence of compression velocity and foam filling mode on energy absorption were explored in details. With the increase of the compression velocity, the dominant factor of energy absorption transfer from the filled foam to the honeycomb structure. And it was discovered that foam filling modes have direct influence on deformation modes. Foam filling mode with the rule that all the surroundings of the empty cell are filled cells shows a higher specific energy absorption capacity. Our research provides a new method for designing auxetic structures, and the FFRH with light weight and high energy absorption can be used in aerospace and vehicles.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
Fig. 13
Fig. 14
Fig. 15
Fig. 16
Fig. 17
Fig. 18

Similar content being viewed by others

Data Availability

The raw/processed data required to reproduce these findings cannot be shared at this time due to legal or ethical reasons.

References

  1. Isaac, C.W., Ezekwem, C.: “A review of the crashworthiness performance of energy absorbing composite structure within the context of materials, manufacturing and maintenance for sustainability,“ Composite Structures, vol.257, Feb 1 Art. no. 113081. (2021)

  2. Rasuo, B.: “23 - Damage tolerance and survivability of composite aircraft structures,“. In: Beaumont, P.W.R., Soutis, C., Hodzic, A. (eds.) Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites, pp. 641–657. Woodhead Publishing (2015)

  3. Kreculj, D., Rasuo, B.: “7 - Impact damage modeling in laminated composite aircraft structures,“. In: Jawaid, M., Thariq, M. (eds.) Sustainable Composites for Aerospace Applications, pp. 125–153. Woodhead Publishing (2018)

  4. Rasuo, B.: “An experimental methodology for evaluating survivability of an aeronautical construction from composite materials: An overview,“International Journal of Crashworthiness, vol. 12, no. 1, pp.9–15, 2007/01/01 2007.

  5. Yang, W., Huang, R., Liu, J., Liu, J., Huang, W.: “Ballistic impact responses and failure mechanism of composite double-arrow auxetic structure,“Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 174, (2022)

  6. Yan, J., et al.: “Ballistic characteristics of 3D-printed auxetic honeycomb sandwich panel using CFRP face sheet,“International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 164, (2022)

  7. Fang, J., Gao, Y., An, X., Sun, G., Chen, J., Li, Q.: Design of transversely-graded foam and wall thickness structures for crashworthiness criteria,. Compos. Part B: Eng. 92, 338–349 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Chen, J., et al.: “Energy absorption of foam-filled multi-cell composite panels under quasi-static compression,“. Compos. Part B: Eng. 153, 295–305 (2018)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Deng, Z., Wang, L., Yu, H.: Fabrication of honeycomb-patterned film using hyperbranched polyethylene-based copolymer,. Eur. Polymer J. 93, 428–435 (2017). 2017/08/01/

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Khosravani, M.R., Weinberg, K.: “Experimental investigations of the environmental effects on stability and integrity of composite sandwich T-joints,“ vol.48, no. 8, pp.753–759, (2017)

  11. Hanna, B., et al.: “Auxetic metamaterial optimisation for head impact mitigation in American football,“International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 157, (2021)

  12. Li, S., Guo, X., Liao, J., Li, Q., Sun, G.: “Crushing analysis and design optimization for foam-filled aluminum/CFRP hybrid tube against transverse impact,“Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 196, (2020)

  13. Zhang, P., et al.: “Experimental study on the dynamic response of foam-filled corrugated core sandwich panels subjected to air blast loading,“. Compos. Part B: Eng. 105, 67–81 (2016)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Zhang, Y., Liu, Q., He, Z., Zong, Z., Fang, J.: Dynamic impact response of aluminum honeycombs filled with Expanded Polypropylene foam,. Compos. Part B: Eng. 156, 17–27 (2019)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Liang, M.Z., Lu, F.Y., Zhang, G.D., Li, X.Y.: Experimental and numerical study of aluminum foam-cored sandwich tubes subjected to internal air blast,. Compos. Part B-Engineering. 125, 134–143 (Sep 2017)

  16. Yan, L.L., Yu, B., Han, B., Zhang, Q.C., Lu, T.J., Lu, B.H.: Effects of aluminum foam filling on the low-velocity impact response of sandwich panels with corrugated cores,. J. Sandw. Struct. Mater. 22(4), 929–947 (May 2020)

  17. Zhang, P., Liu, J., Cheng, Y., Hou, H., Wang, C., Li, Y.: “Dynamic response of metallic trapezoidal corrugated-core sandwich panels subjected to air blast loading – An experimental study,“ Materials & Design ( vol.65, pp.221–230, 2015. (1980)

  18. Yazici, M., Wright, J., Bertin, D., Shukla, A.: Experimental and numerical study of foam filled corrugated core steel sandwich structures subjected to blast loading,. Compos. Struct. 110, 98–109 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Kelkar, P.U., Kim, H.S., Cho, K.H., Kwak, J.Y., Kang, C.Y., Song, H.C.: “Cellular Auxetic Structures for Mechanical Metamaterials: A Review,“ Sensors, vol.20, no. 11, Jun Art. no. 3132. (2020)

  20. Wang, H., Lu, Z., Yang, Z., Li, X.: “A novel re-entrant auxetic honeycomb with enhanced in-plane impact resistance,“. Compos. Struct. 208, 758–770 (2019)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Tan, H.L., He, Z.C., Li, K.X., Li, E., Cheng, A.G., Xu, B.: “In-plane crashworthiness of re-entrant hierarchical honeycombs with negative Poisson’s ratio,“Composite Structures, vol. 229, (2019)

  22. Lan, X., Feng, S., Huang, Q., Zhou, T.: “A comparative study of blast resistance of cylindrical sandwich panels with aluminum foam and auxetic honeycomb cores,“. Aerosp. Sci. Technol. 87, 37–47 (2019)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Jin, X., Wang, Z., Ning, J., Xiao, G., Liu, E., Shu, X.: Dynamic response of sandwich structures with graded auxetic honeycomb cores under blast loading,. Compos. Part B: Eng. 106, 206–217 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Qi, C., et al.: “Quasi-static crushing behavior of novel re-entrant circular auxetic honeycombs,“Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 197, (2020)

  25. Zhang, J.J., Lu, G.X., You, Z.: “Large deformation and energy absorption of additively manufactured auxetic materials and structures: A review,“ Composites Part B-Engineering, vol.201, Nov Art. no. 108340. (2020)

  26. Zhang, W.-M., et al.: “A lightweight rotationally arranged auxetic structure with excellent energy absorption performance,“ Mechanics of Materials, vol.166, p.104244, /03/01/ 2022. (2022)

  27. Yan, J., et al.: “Ballistic characteristics of 3D-printed auxetic honeycomb sandwich panel using CFRP face sheet,“ International Journal of Impact Engineering, p.104186, /01/29/ 2022. (2022)

  28. Li, Y., Chen, Z., Xiao, D., Wu, W., Fang, D.: “The Dynamic response of shallow sandwich arch with auxetic metallic honeycomb core under localized impulsive loading,“International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 137, (2020)

  29. Imbalzano, G., Linforth, S., Ngo, T.D., Lee, P.V.S., Tran, P.: Blast resistance of auxetic and honeycomb sandwich panels: Comparisons and parametric designs,. Compos. Struct. 183, 242–261 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Qi, C., Remennikov, A., Pei, L.-Z., Yang, S., Yu, Z.-H., Ngo, T.D.: Impact and close-in blast response of auxetic honeycomb-cored sandwich panels: Experimental tests and numerical simulations,. Compos. Struct. 180, 161–178 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Yang, S., Qi, C., Wang, D., Gao, R., Hu, H., Shu, J.: “A Comparative Study of Ballistic Resistance of Sandwich Panels with Aluminum Foam and Auxetic Honeycomb Cores,“. Adv. Mech. Eng. 5, 589216 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Yu, R., Luo, W., Yuan, H., Liu, J., He, W., Yu, Z.: “Experimental and numerical research on foam filled re-entrant cellular structure with negative Poisson’s ratio,“Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 153, (2020)

  33. Airoldi, A., Novak, N., Sgobba, F., Gilardelli, A., Borovinšek, M.: “Foam-filled energy absorbers with auxetic behaviour for localized impacts,“Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol. 788, (2020)

  34. Xiao, D., Chen, X., Li, Y., Wu, W., Fang, D.: “The structure response of sandwich beams with metallic auxetic honeycomb cores under localized impulsive loading-experiments and finite element analysis,“Materials & Design, vol. 176, (2019)

  35. Tan, P.J., Harrigan, J.J., Reid, S.R.: Inertia effects in uniaxial dynamic compression of a closed cell aluminium alloy foam,. Mater. Sci. Technol. 18(5), 480–488 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. Wu, X., Su, Y., Shi, J.: “In-plane impact resistance enhancement with a graded cell-wall angle design for auxetic metamaterials,“Composite Structures, vol. 247, (2020)

  37. Qi, D., Lu, Q., He, C., Li, Y., Wu, W., Xiao, D.: “Impact energy absorption of functionally graded chiral honeycomb structures,“Extreme Mechanics Letters, vol. 32, (2019)

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 12102054), and support from Chongqing Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (Special funding for postdoctoral research projects, Nos.2021ZX1200003).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081, Beijing, China

    Xuke Lan & Guangyan Huang

  2. Beijing Institute of Technology Chongqing Innovation Center, 401120, Chongqing, China

    Xuke Lan, Guang Wu & Guangyan Huang

Authors
  1. Xuke Lan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Guang Wu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Guangyan Huang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

Xuke Lan: Methodology, Investigation, Sample fabrication, Numerical simulation, Writing-original draft, Writing‐review & editing. Guang Wu: Experiment testing, Data processing, Drawing. Guangyan Huang: Methodology, Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing ‐ review & editing.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Guangyan Huang.

Additional information

Publisher’s Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Lan, X., Wu, G. & Huang, G. In-plane compression response of foam filled re-entrant auxetic structure. Appl Compos Mater 29, 2245–2263 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-022-10055-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-022-10055-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation