Experimental and simulation study on effects of material and loading direction on the quasi-static compression behavior of re-entrant honeycomb structure

Abstract

The re-entrant honeycomb structure has a strong energy absorption capacity because of its auxetic characteristics. The energy absorption capacity of the re-entrant honeycomb structure is closely related to the material and loading direction. In this paper, the Selective Laser Sintering(SLS) 3D printing technology was used to print the re-entrant honeycomb structure with commonly used FS3300PA and Glass Fiber reinforced FS3300PA. A quasi-static compression finite element model was developed for the re-entrant honeycomb structure printed with two materials when loaded along three directions. The influence of material and loading direction on the quasi-static compression performance of re-entrant honeycomb structures was systematically studied through simulation and experiments. The deformation mode and energy absorption index of the simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results, verifying the effectiveness of the finite element model. The results show that the deformation mode and energy absorption performance of the structure are affected by the material and loading direction. The quasi-static compression performance in the Y direction is optimal for both materials. However, when loading along the Y direction, the specific energy absorption of FS3300PA printed re-entrant honeycomb structure is 18.3 % higher than that of FS3300PA + 30 % Glass Fiber printed re-entrant honeycomb structure, ηCFEis 83.3 % higher. Therefore, when the re-entrant honeycomb structure of the two materials is loaded in different directions, the structure printed with FS3300PA has the best quasi-static compression performance when loaded in the Y direction.