Investigation of energy absorption performances of a 3D printed fiber-reinforced bio-inspired cellular structure under in-plane compression loading

This article proposes glass-fiber-reinforced bone-inspired cellular structures to enhance energy absorption capability. The elastic modulus of the bone-inspired unit cell is obtained analytically based on the energy method and then employed in Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm to get optimized c...

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Published in:Mechanics of advanced materials and structures 2024-11, Vol.31 (21), p.5234-5252
Main Authors: Ghorbani, Fatemeh, Gharehbaghi, Hussain, Farrokhabadi, Amin, Bolouri, Amir, Behravesh, Amir Hossein, Hedayati, Seyyed Kaveh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Cellular structure
Compression loads
Compression tests
Continuous fibers
Elastic analysis
Energy
Energy absorption
Energy methods
FFF 3D printing
Fiber reinforced cellular structure
Fiber reinforced materials
Finite element method
Fused deposition modeling
Glass fibers
Mechanical properties
Modulus of elasticity
Optimization
Particle swarm optimization
Polylactic acid
Specific energy
Three dimensional printing
Unit cell
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Summary:This article proposes glass-fiber-reinforced bone-inspired cellular structures to enhance energy absorption capability. The elastic modulus of the bone-inspired unit cell is obtained analytically based on the energy method and then employed in Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm to get optimized cellular structures. In the optimized cellular structure, the stiffness is optimized and the energy absorption capacity is investigated. A Fused Filament Fabrication 3D printing process is used to fabricate the cellular structures with continuous glass fiber-reinforced polylactic acid (PLA). In-plane compression tests are performed to investigate the mechanical performance of cellular structures. Finite Element Modeling (FEM) is conducted to analyzed the mechanical performance of the structures. In FEM, the failure criterion is determined using the maximum stress and VUSDFLD subroutine, and the damage growth is modeled by decreasing the mechanical properties. A good agreement between numerical and experimental results was observed. Results demonstrated that the energy absorption in glass-fiber-reinforced PLA is ∼250% higher than in the un-reinforced structure. The optimized cellular structure exhibits a stable prolonged plateau stress region and very high specific energy absorption parameters.
ISSN:1537-6494
1537-6532
DOI:10.1080/15376494.2023.2214552