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Energy Absorption Characteristics of a Novel Asymmetric and Rotatable Re-entrant Honeycomb Structure

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Based on the symmetric re-entrant honeycomb (S-RH) structure with negative Poisson’s ratios, a novel asymmetric and rotatable re-entrant honeycomb (AR-RH) structure was proposed. Both the S-RH structure and AR-RH structure were produced by the 3D printing technology. Through experimental test and finite element simulation, the deformation mechanism and energy absorption characteristics of the AR-RH structure and the S-RH structure with negative Poisson’s ratios at different impact velocities were compared. The experimental test and finite element simulation results show that the novel AR-RH structure with negative Poisson’s ratios has stronger energy absorption capacity than the S-RH structure, and it has been verified that the rotatability of AR-RH can indeed absorb energy. Furthermore, the degree of asymmetry of the AR-RH structure was discussed.

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This work is supported by the State Key for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures of Xi’an Jiaotong University (No. SV2018-KF-32) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (2020A1515011064).

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    Huifeng Xi, Jiachu Xu, Shende Cen & Shiqing Huang

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Xi, H., Xu, J., Cen, S. et al. Energy Absorption Characteristics of a Novel Asymmetric and Rotatable Re-entrant Honeycomb Structure. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 34, 550–560 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10338-021-00219-x

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