Lightweight metallic cellular materials: a systematic review on mechanical characteristics and engineering applications

E Wang, R Yao, Q Li, X Hu, G Sun - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lightweight metallic cellular materials (MCMs) have been seen in numerous engineering
applications to date, primarily due to their excellent mechanical characteristics such as low …

On the crashworthiness of thin-walled multi-cell structures and materials: State of the art and prospects

R Yao, T Pang, B Zhang, J Fang, Q Li, G Sun - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, there has been a constant pursuit for lightweight and high-
performance energy absorption structures and materials in automobiles, trains, ships …

Experimental and numerical investigations of aluminum foam-filled auxetic circular tubular metamaterials with elliptical cells

X Ren, D Han, L Sun, XG Zhang, W Jiang, Z Tao… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Aluminum foam-filled circular auxetic metamaterials were designed, fabricated and
investigated in this work. Firstly, the mechanical properties and deformation modes of the …

Mechanical characterization and constitutive modeling of additively-manufactured polymeric materials and lattice structures

X Guo, E Wang, H Yang, W Zhai - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Additively manufactured polymeric lattice structures are being extensively studied, primarily
because their mechanical properties can be tailored by controlling the unit cell geometry …

Multiaxial mechanical characterization of additively manufactured open-cell Kelvin foams

E Wang, C Chen, G Zhang, Q Luo, Q Li, G Sun - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Additively manufactured lattice structures (AMLS) exhibit substantially more freedom in
design compared with traditional cellular materials such as honeycombs and stochastic …

On thermal and strain-rate dependences of polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam materials

X Huo, Z Jiang, X Gu, Q Luo, Q Li, G Sun - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Polymethacrylimide (PMI) foams exhibit great potentials in engineering applications thanks
to its outstanding lightweight and superior mechanical properties. However, the temperature …

High temperature and mesostructure effect on aluminum foam compression responses

S **ao, Z Zhao, S Duan, Y Chen, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Closed-cell Al foam is widely utilized in high-temperature environments due to its high
strength-to-weight ratio and considerable energy absorption capability. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Crushing behavior of closed-cell metallic foams: Anisotropy and temperature effects

E Linul, SV Galatanu, L Marsavina, J Kováčik - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to their lightweight features and special energy absorption properties, metal foams
(MFs) are gradually replacing fully-dense solid materials in top industries. Having a porous …

High temperature in-situ 3D monitor of microstructure evolution and heat transfer performance of metal foam

S **ao, T Wen, Z Qu, S Duan, P Wang, H Lei… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
Metal foams with excellent mechanical properties and low effective thermal conductivity
(ETC) are widely used in high-temperature components. The 3D microstructure evolution …

Numerical and constitutive modeling of quasi-static and dynamic mechanical behavior in graded additively manufactured lattice structures

E Wang, J Zhou, X Guo, M Gu, H Wang… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Metallic lattice structures based on triply periodic minimum surfaces (TPMS) have attracted
extensive attention for their potential application in lightweight and energy absorption. The …