Research on Auxetic Lattice Structure for Impact Absorption in Machines and Mechanisms

Levente Széles, Richárd Horváth and Livija Cveticanin ()
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Levente Széles: Doctoral School on Materials Sciences and Technologies, Óbuda University, 1034 Budapest, Hungary
Richárd Horváth: Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering, Óbuda University, 1034 Budapest, Hungary
Livija Cveticanin: Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obratodica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 13, 1-18

Abstract: In this paper, a new type of filled doubly re-entrant auxetic lattice structure for application in damping and energy absorption devices is considered. The structure is modeled to give protection for machines and mechanisms of intensive impact. The suggested structure is the modified version of the auxetic one with silicone fillings. The unit of the structure is assumed as a re-entrant hexagon with four quadrangular absorbers. For the assumed model of unit, the deformation properties and the Poisson’s ratio were computed. The obtained results were experimentally tested. Specimens of filled and unfilled structures were investigated under quasi-static compression. The measured results show that the energy dissipation is more than two times higher for filled structure than for unfilled ones. In the filled structure, the absorber’s rigidity has the crucial role. If the rigidity is small, the absorber, inside the unit, continues to deform from rectangle into rhomboid. Otherwise, if the rigidity is high, units with absorbers form a beam-like structure that buckles and shows high energy absorption effect. The experimentally obtained results are in good agreement with the theoretical ones.

Keywords: auxetic lattice structure; doubly re-entrant auxetic unit; analytical modelling procedure; specific energy dissipation; elimination of the impact effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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