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 …

Lightweight metallic cellular materials: a systematic review on mechanical characteristics and engineering applications

E Wang, R Yao, Q Li, X Hu, G Sun - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lightweight metallic cellular materials (MCMs) have been seen in numerous engineering
applications to date, primarily due to their excellent mechanical characteristics such as low …

Breaking the tradeoffs between different mechanical properties in bioinspired hierarchical lattice metamaterials

P Wang, F Yang, B Zheng, P Li, R Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is a long‐standing challenge to break the tradeoffs between different mechanical property
indicators such as the strength versus toughness in the design of lightweight lattice …

Additively manufactured dual-functional metamaterials with customisable mechanical and sound-absorbing properties

Z Li, W Zhai, X Li, X Yu, Z Guo… - Virtual and Physical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Acoustic metamaterials with broadband sound-absorbing capacity open up applications in
aerospace, automotive, marine, defense, etc. For such applications, sound-absorbing …

New class of multifunctional bioinspired microlattice with excellent sound absorption, damage tolerance, and high specific strength

Z Li, X Wang, X Li, Z Wang, W Zhai - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although mutually independent, simultaneous sound absorption and superior mechanical
properties are often sought after in a material. One main challenge in achieving such a …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-inspired multi-cell tubular structures approaching ideal energy absorption performance

P Wang, F Yang, H Fan, G Lu - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy absorption potential of conventional thin-walled tubes is compromised by the
long-wavelength folding lobes, which result in a mean crushing force that is much smaller …

Damage-programmable design of metamaterials achieving crack-resisting mechanisms seen in nature

Z Gao, X Zhang, Y Wu, MS Pham, Y Lu, C Xia… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The fracture behaviour of artificial metamaterials often leads to catastrophic failures with
limited resistance to crack propagation. In contrast, natural materials such as bones and …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropic compression behaviors of bio-inspired modified body-centered cubic lattices validated by additive manufacturing

P Wang, F Yang, G Lu, Y Bian, S Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bio-inspired lattices have been proved to possess better energy absorption capacity than
conventional structures. Here, the two-dimensional deep-sea glass sponge structure is …

[HTML][HTML] Additive-manufactured hierarchical multi-circular lattice structures for energy absorption application

P Wang, F Yang, D Ru, B Zheng, H Fan - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a new hierarchical lattice design is proposed by replacing the original straight
beams of face-centered cubic (FCC) lattice with a string of higher-level circular beams from …

Current trends in additively manufactured (3D printed) energy absorbing structures for crashworthiness application–a review

CW Isaac, F Duddeck - Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Inspired by the vast amounts of investigations carried out on three-dimensional (3D) printed
structures and their recent accelerated developments, the present review paper …