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 …

Density‐graded cellular solids: mechanics, fabrication, and applications

O Rahman, KZ Uddin, J Muthulingam… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular solids have gained extensive popularity in different areas of engineering due to
their unique physical and mechanical properties. Recent advancements in manufacturing …

Experimental study on failure mechanisms of sandwich panels with multi-layered aluminum foam/UHMWPE laminate core under combined blast and fragments …

S Cai, J Liu, P Zhang, C Li, Y Cheng, C Chen - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental investigation into the failure mechanisms of sandwich
panels with multi-layered aluminum foam/UHMWPE laminate cores under combined blast …

[HTML][HTML] A note on the modelling of foams using Voronoi technique

M Wang, J Zhang, G Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous researchers have used Voronoi honeycombs to represent and predict the
responses of random foams. Often, a two-dimensional Voronoi honeycomb model is used …

Deformation failure mechanism and constitutive model of gradient aluminum foam under impact loading

X Liu, Y Wang, X He, H Liu, S Cao - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamic mechanical response and energy absorption characteristics of gradient
aluminum foam under impact loading with strain rates of 150 s− 1, 340 s− 1, and 550 s− 1 …

On the crushing response of the functionally graded metallic foams based on 3D Voronoi model

J Chen, P Zhang, Y Cheng, J Liu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the study on crushing response of functionally stepwise graded foam
under quasi-static and dynamic compression using three-dimensional (3D) Voronoi model …

Influence of density gradient and hybrid effect on quasi-static axial crushing behavior of lattice cylindrical structures

W Zhao, T Liu, L Chen, Y Guo, X Pan, S Zhu, W Li - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Uniform/gradient lattice cylindrical structures (ULCS/GLCS) and hybrid uniform/gradient
lattice cylindrical structures (HULCS/HGLCS) are innovatively designed and fabricated. The …

Internal blast resistance of sandwich cylinder with lattice cores

J Li, Q Qin, J Zhang - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
This work focuses on investigation of the internal blast resistance of metal sandwich cylinder
with lattice cores. Six types of the geometries designed by the square, hexagonal, semi-re …

Anti-blast analysis and design of a sacrificial cladding with graded foam-filled tubes

H Zhang, B Chang, K Peng, J Yu, Z Zheng - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Foam-filled tubes are excellent energy absorption structures for impact resistance, and
graded foam may have superiority for the design of anti-blast sacrificial cladding. The anti …

Dynamic response of sandwich tubes with continuously density-graded aluminum foam cores under internal explosion load

A Wang, X Yu, H Wang, Y Li, J Zhang, X Fan - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the dynamic response of continually density-graded aluminum foam sandwich
tubes under internal explosion load was studied. A 3D mesoscopic finite-element model of …