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 …

Anti-blast and-impact performances of auxetic structures: A review of structures, materials, methods, and fabrications

RP Bohara, S Linforth, T Nguyen, A Ghazlan… - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Blast response study of the sandwich composite panels with 3D chiral auxetic core

N Novak, L Starčevič, M Vesenjak, Z Ren - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Chiral auxetic cellular structures were fabricated from Ti6Al4V alloy using the Selective
Electron Beam Melting method, and tested experimentally under quasi-static and dynamic …

Crashworthiness analysis of thin-walled aluminum columns filled with aluminum–silicon carbide composite foam

M Rogala, J Gajewski, K Gawdzińska - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic development of the automotive industry has resulted in the continuous
improvement of thin-walled energy-absorbing components. For the sake of passengers' …

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 …

Axial crush performance of polymer-aluminium alloy hybrid foam filled tubes

I Duarte, L Krstulović-Opara, J Dias-de-Oliveira… - Thin-Walled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper presents the findings of a pioneering study investigating the newly developed
polymer-aluminium alloy hybrid foam as fillers of thin-walled square tubes made of …

Foam-filled energy absorbers with auxetic behaviour for localized impacts

A Airoldi, N Novak, F Sgobba, A Gilardelli… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper proposes an innovative concept for energy absorption in case of localized
impacts. The concept is based on the contraction of cellular structures with negative …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of the mechanisms and structure of interpenetrating phase composites with emphasis on metal-metal and polymer-metal variants

A Asar, W Zaki - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Interpenetrating phase composites (IPCs) have gained increasing attention over the past 25
years due to their intriguing mechanical and functional properties arising from their …

Bacterial cellulose/graphene oxide aerogels with enhanced dimensional and thermal stability

SC Pinto, G Goncalves, S Sandoval… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a novel method for processing bacterial cellulose/graphene oxide (BC/GO)
aerogels with multifunctional properties. The addition of a small amount of dimethyl sulfoxide …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetorheological shear thickening gel reinforced iron-nickel foam composites with tunable energy absorption performance

Y Li, S Qi, J Fu, R Gan, S Li, H Yao, M Yu - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetorheological (MR) shear thickening gel (MSTG) has excellent magnetically sensitive
and rate-dependent properties, making it a promising candidate for buffering application …