Abstract
Auxetic metamaterials have high energy absorption capacity and indentation resistance, due to their significant densification mechanism during compression. This study investigates the performance of structured materials in layered thin plates, with potential applications in wearable protective devices for sport activities. Two different 3D lattices, conventional and re-entrant honeycomb, are studied in detail and their dynamic behaviour is compared with that of a 2D auxetic lattice. Initially, the equivalent elastic properties of the proposed geometries are investigated at varying equivalent densities. Then a new lightweight solution of a sandwich structure with an auxetic metamaterial core is proposed for possible application to facial protective masks. Numerical impact analyses of the problem show the potential benefit of the present proposal with respect to traditional mask geometries.
Highlights
Metamaterials are artificial materials engineered to have specific desired properties hardly found in nature
One of the most common auxetic structures, the so called re-entrant honeycomb geometry illustrated in Fig. 1b, was first proposed in [20]
As a first step towards the optimal design of facial protector devices made of structured metamaterials, in the present work, we propose a sandwich structure with a core made of structured materials and we study its dynamic response to the impact of a rigid sphere
Summary
Metamaterials are artificial materials engineered to have specific desired properties hardly found in nature. As a first step towards the optimal design of facial protector devices made of structured metamaterials, in the present work, we propose a sandwich structure with a core made of structured materials and we study its dynamic response to the impact of a rigid sphere.
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