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 …

Lightweight hybrid materials and structures for energy absorption: A state-of-the-art review and outlook

G Sun, D Chen, G Zhu, Q Li - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Lightweight materials and structures have attracted tremendous interests for their compelling
advantages in a range of engineering problems that have placed heightened requirements …

Experimental and numerical study on honeycomb sandwich panels under bending and in-panel compression

G Sun, X Huo, D Chen, Q Li - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Sandwich structures have been extensively employed as lightweight composite components
in aerospace and shipbuilding engineering for their high capacity of stiffness, strength and …

On low-velocity impact response of foam-core sandwich panels

X Huo, H Liu, Q Luo, G Sun, Q Li - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate low-velocity impact responses and crashworthiness of
different aluminum foam-core sandwich structures. Several drop-weight dynamic impact …

Energy absorption of metal, composite and metal/composite hybrid structures under oblique crushing loading

G Zhu, G Sun, H Yu, S Li, Q Li - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Metal/composite hybrid structures, which combine low-density composites with low-cost
metallic materials, exhibit considerable potential to provide cost-effective energy-absorbing …