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Bending Collapse and Energy Absorption of Dual-Phase Lattice Structures
Zihao Chen1,2,3, Zijie Zhu1, Bangzhen Li1
1School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430064, China.
Abstract:
A dual-phase lattice structure composed of mixed units with hard and soft phase characteristics is proposed in this work. The proposed lattice structure has high specific energy absorption and high compressive strength. The load response and energy absorption characteristics under bending loads were studied through three-point bending tests and numerical analysis methods. The research results indicate that although the deformation modes of the given lattice structure are the same, the dual-phase design strategy significantly improves the bending performance of the lattice structure: the bending modulus is increased by 744.7%, and the specific energy absorption is increased by 243.5%.
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