In-Plane Impact Resistance of a Diamond-Shaped Hierarchical Honeycomb

Abstract

The introduction of hierarchical structures into conventional honeycomb structure materials can increase the mechanical properties of honeycomb materials. This paper studies the in-plane collapse response of a new second-order diamond-shaped hierarchical honeycomb (DHH) (the cell walls are composed of equilateral triangles) and systematically studies the quasi-static collapse response and dynamic collapse response of the DHH in two directions through the finite element method. The quasi-static collapse response of the DHH is analyzed by a two-scale research method, and combined with momentum conservation law, the study is extended to dynamic collapse response. This paper also studies the collapse response of the DHH with different number of substructures, different relative densities, and different impact speeds, and the results are verified by theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. The results show that adding hierarchical structure can greatly increase the collapse stress of the diamond honeycomb structure and make the structure have better energy absorption effect.