Lessons from nature: 3D printed bio-inspired porous structures for impact energy absorption–A review

SH Siddique, PJ Hazell, H Wang, JP Escobedo… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a result of their mechanical characteristics, biological structures often provide inspiration
for the development of high-performance mechanical structures. Nevertheless, traditional …

[HTML][HTML] A review of recent research on bio-inspired structures and materials for energy absorption applications

N San Ha, G Lu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely known that the availability of lightweight structures with excellent energy
absorption capacity is essential for numerous engineering applications. Inspired by many …

Beautiful and functional: a review of biomimetic design in additive manufacturing

A Du Plessis, C Broeckhoven, I Yadroitsava… - Additive …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review article summarizes the current state-of-the-art for biomimicry in additive
manufacturing. Biomimicry is the practice of learning from and emulating nature-which can …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic armour design strategies for additive manufacturing: A review

MK Islam, PJ Hazell, JP Escobedo, H Wang - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature has a wide range of biological protection strategies that show resilience to impact
loading. These strategies also serve a certain amount of flexibility that contribute to body …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical behaviour of additively-manufactured polymeric octet-truss lattice structures under quasi-static and dynamic compressive loading

C Ling, A Cernicchi, MD Gilchrist, P Cardiff - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Two different polymer resins were used to create three different octet-truss lattice structures
of different densities. The mechanical behaviour of these structures has been examined …

[HTML][HTML] Microcomputed tomography–based characterization of advanced materials: a review

L Vásárhelyi, Z Kónya, Á Kukovecz, R Vajtai - Materials Today Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Micro-computed tomography (CT) is an X-ray tomography technique with (sub) micron
resolution, typically using an X-ray tube with cone-beam geometry as a source and a …

[HTML][HTML] Design and additive manufacturing of closed cells from supportless lattice structure

A Kumar, L Collini, A Daurel, JY Jeng - Additive Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
In nature, mesoscopic or microscopic cellular structures like trabecular bone, wood, shell,
and sea urchin, can have high load-carrying capacity. These cellular structures with diverse …

A novel nature inspired 3D open lattice structure for specific energy absorption

D Ashok, MVA Raju Bahubalendruni… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Energy absorption is a key performance criterion for several engineering structures.
Lightweight lattice structures are better suited for this purpose. The convolute design …

A comprehensive overview of additive manufacturing aluminum alloys: classifications, structures, properties and defects elimination

X Yang, R Li, T Yuan, L Ke, J Bai, K Yang - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aluminum alloys, known for their high strength, good toughness, and lightweight properties,
are widely used in aerospace, rail transportation, and other fields. 3D printing, as an …

An emerging class of hyperbolic lattice exhibiting tunable elastic properties and impact absorption through chiral twisting

L Meng, J Shi, C Yang, T Gao, Y Hou, L Song… - Extreme Mechanics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lightweight lattice structures and chiral metamaterials have both received extensive
attention during the past decades. This work builds up a systematic design procedure for an …