ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
In this paper the behavior of hexagonal honeycombs under dynamic in-plane loading isdescribed. Additionally, the presence and influence of the filler gas inside the honeycomb cells isconsidered. Such structures are subjected to very large deformation during an impact, where thefiller gas might strongly affect their behavior and the capability of deformational energy absorption,especially at very low relative densities. The purpose of this research was therefore to evaluate theinfluence of filler gas on the macroscopic cellular structure behavior under dynamic uniaxialloading conditions by means of computational simulations. The LS-DYNA code has been used forthis purpose, where a fully coupled interaction between the honeycomb structure and the filler gaswas simulated. Different relative densities, initial pore pressures and strain rates have beenconsidered. The computational results clearly show the influence of the filler gas on themacroscopic behavior of analyzed honeycomb structures. Because of very large deformation of thecellular structure, the gas inside the cells is also enormously compressed which results in very highgas temperatures and contributes to increased crash energy absorption capability. The evaluatedresults are valuable for further research considering also the heat transfer in honeycomb structuresand for investigations of variation of the base material mechanical properties due to increased gastemperatures under impact loading conditions
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/16/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.553.190.pdf
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