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3D-printed energy-absorbing structures using instability and air frictional and suction dissipation

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Energy-absorbing materials are widely used as protection for crash mitigation and concussive head impacts reduction. A structural design can significantly enhance energy absorption in different ways, including plastic deformation and bi-stability. Here, 3D-printed energy-absorbing cells of open and capped double frustum structures are characterized via finite element simulations and compressive experiments. The designs demonstrated a buckling instability under compression, achieving 47 times higher specific energy absorption at their critical stress compared with a solid material. For capped structures, strain rate effect on critical stresses is due to air frictional dissipation. The open structures showed beneficial energy hysteresis due to suction in the cyclic tests.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the support from the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) in the Department of Energy (DOE), award number: Award VTO CPS 36928. S.Z. acknowledges the supports from University of North Texas Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) from Honors College. Y.J. acknowledges the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).

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Funding was provided by Vehicle Technologies Office (Grant No. VTO CPS 36928),[University of North Texas (Grant No. Undergraduate Research Fellowship), and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (Grant No. Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards)].

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    Sanjida Ferdousi, Sophia Zoch & Yijie Jiang

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YJ performed the conception and design of this paper. SF organized the manuscript and performed impact tests. SZ performed numerical simulations and experiments. All authors contributed to the manuscript writing and revision. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ferdousi, S., Zoch, S. & Jiang, Y. 3D-printed energy-absorbing structures using instability and air frictional and suction dissipation. MRS Communications 13, 1025–1030 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-023-00383-w

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