Advances in hybrid fibers reinforced polymer-based composites prepared by FDM: a review on mechanical properties and prospects

S Li, P Cheng, S Ahzi, Y Peng, K Wang… - Composites …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently published research indicated that, in additive manufacturing fields, single fiber
reinforcements often increased some mechanical properties of composites, but at the same …

Current trends in additively manufactured (3D printed) energy absorbing structures for crashworthiness application–a review

CW Isaac, F Duddeck - Virtual and Physical Prototy**, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Inspired by the vast amounts of investigations carried out on three-dimensional (3D) printed
structures and their recent accelerated developments, the present review paper …

A study of multi-stage energy absorption characteristics of hybrid sheet TPMS lattices

J Zhang, S **e, T Li, Z Liu, S Zheng, H Zhou - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) has many excellent properties, such as stable
energy absorption, a high specific strength, a large surface area, etc. The functional multi …

Mechanical properties and energy absorption of composite bio-inspired multi-cell tubes

F Wu, Y Chen, S Zhao, Y Hong, Z Zhang, S Zheng - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
New composite bio-inspired multi-cell metal tubes—lotus root inspired structures (LR-IS),
lotus root-horsetail inspired structures (LR-HS1 and LR-HS3) and lotus root-honeycomb …

On impact behaviors of 3D concave structures with negative Poisson's ratio

J Wang, X Luo, K Wang, S Yao, Y Peng - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Lattice structures with high mechanical properties and lightweight performance attracted
increasing attention to the application of automotive, railway vehicle, and aerospace …

Integrated design and additive manufacturing of lattice-filled multi-cell tubes

Y Liu, Q Tan, H Lin, J Wang, K Wang, Y Peng… - Composites Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, 3D printed lattice-filled multi-cell tubes, fabricated using chopped carbon-fiber-
reinforced polyamide, were proposed to modify the deformation modes and improve the …

Crashworthiness of bionic tree-shaped hexagonal hierarchical gradient structures under oblique crushing conditions

Y Chen, X Deng, H Huang, H Ran… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To improve the energy absorption characteristics of thin-walled structures under oblique
loads, a new hexagon hierarchical gradient structure (HHGS) was designed in this work …

Axial crushing of novel hierarchical multi-cell square tubes

Z Gao, D Ruan - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Inspired by the concept of hierarchy, two types of hierarchical multi-cell square tubes (HMSA
and HMSB) are proposed. The crashworthiness of HMSA and HMSB tubes with various wall …

Study on the crashworthiness of star-shaped multicellular tubes

F Yang, X Deng - Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Based on the conventional star-shaped tube, a star-shaped multicellular tube was proposed
and designed; finite element modeling was carried out using Abaqus/Explicit software, and …

On multi-stage deformation and gradual energy absorption of 3D printed multi-cell tubes with varying cross-section

Y Liu, J Wang, Q Tan, H Gao, K Wang, S Yao… - Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thin-walled structures are widely used in passive safety systems due to their excellent
lightweight and controllable progressive deformation performance. While designing to …