Additively manufactured materials and structures: A state-of-the-art review on their mechanical characteristics and energy absorption

Y Wu, J Fang, C Wu, C Li, G Sun, Q Li - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lightweight materials and structures have been extensively studied for a wide range of
applications in design and manufacturing of more environment-friendly and more …

Thin-walled corrugated structures: A review of crashworthiness designs and energy absorption characteristics

N San Ha, G Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely known that the demand for lightweight structures with excellent energy absorption
capacity is paramount in numerous engineering applications. Many publications have …

On the crashworthiness of thin-walled multi-cell structures and materials: State of the art and prospects

R Yao, T Pang, B Zhang, J Fang, Q Li, G Sun - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, there has been a constant pursuit for lightweight and high-
performance energy absorption structures and materials in automobiles, trains, ships …

Inverse design of shell-based mechanical metamaterial with customized loading curves based on machine learning and genetic algorithm

Y Wang, Q Zeng, J Wang, Y Li, D Fang - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMSs) have attracted great attention due to their distinct
advantages such as high strength and light weight compared to traditional lattice structures …

[HTML][HTML] A bio-inspired foam-filled multi-cell structural configuration for energy absorption

R Yao, T Pang, S He, Q Li, B Zhang, G Sun - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bio-inspired thin-walled structures have gained growing interests attributed to their excellent
performance of energy absorption and lightweight. This study proposes a novel energy …

A review on functionally graded structures and materials for energy absorption

F Xu, X Zhang, H Zhang - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
In the past decades, there has been a constant aspiration for light-weight and highly efficient
energy-absorbing structures and materials in vehicle and other industries. A large number of …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven design and morphological analysis of conical six-fold origami structures

Y Chen, C Lu, W Fan, J Feng, P Sareh - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In engineering design, origami structures are frequently characterized by their geometry-
shifting behavior, mechanical properties, lightness, and appealing aesthetic qualities. In …

[HTML][HTML] Energy-absorption characteristics of a bionic honeycomb tubular nested structure inspired by bamboo under axial crushing

D Hu, Y Wang, B Song, L Dang, Z Zhang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Geometric configurations in nature could be mimicked in order to develop novel materials
and structures with desirable properties. Lots of bio-inspired configurations had been …

Topology optimization of thin-walled tubes filled with lattice structures

D Li, R Qin, J Xu, J Zhou, B Chen - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin-walled tubes filled with ultra-light materials have attracted much attention due to
excellent energy absorption characteristics. With the development of additive manufacturing …

Progressive collapse behaviors and mechanisms of 3D printed thin-walled composite structures under multi-conditional loading

J Wang, Y Liu, K Wang, S Yao, Y Peng, Y Rao… - Thin-Walled …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aimed to investigate progressive collapse behaviors and mechanisms of the 3D
printed thin-walled composite structures under quasi-static compression and dynamic …