Auxetics are a class of structural metamaterials with a negative Poisson's ratio. In
comparison to conventional structures, auxetic structures are proven to exhibit several …

Dynamic compressive behaviour of cellular materials is crucial to their applications in
energy absorption, ballistic mitigation and blast/impact protection. The recent research …

A series of novel bionic honeycombs (bio-honeycombs) are proposed by incorporating the
microstructure of the beetle elytra intersection unit into the regular hexagonal honeycomb …

This paper aims to develop lightweight high-performance auxetic structures for protective
applications such as blast and impact energy absorption. In this study, novel auxetic …

The onset of densification of cellular solids represents the start of the cell wall interactions,
which enhance the compressive resistance of a cellular solid. Currently, there exists …

Additive manufacturing (AM) enables the design of new cellular materials for blast and
impact mitigation by allowing novel material-geometry combinations to be realised and …

Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures have been extensively investigated for
their excellent mechanical properties and lightweight potential. In this study, a new hybrid …

Polymeric foams have found their way into different industry sectors due to their excellent
thermal and mechanical properties. Polymeric foams might undergo large deformation at …

The material with negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) is a typical metamaterial, which is
considered to have great prospects in energy absorption, but the low modulus and low …

The out-of-plane crushing behaviour of four types of aluminium hexagonal honeycombs was
extensively investigated over a wide range of strain rates where each test was conducted at …