Venkatesh Sundararaman
Stiffness tailoring in sinusoidal lattice structures through passive topology morphing using contact connections
Sundararaman, Venkatesh; O'Donnell, Matthew P; Chenchiah, Isaac V; Clancy, Gearóid; Weaver, Paul M
Authors
Matthew P O'Donnell
Isaac V Chenchiah
Gearóid Clancy
Paul M Weaver
Abstract
Structures with adaptive stiffness characteristics present an opportunity to meet competing design requirements, thus achieving greater efficiency by the reconfiguration of their topology. Here, the potential of using changes in the topology of planar lattice structures is explored to achieve this desired adaptivity and observe that lattice structures with rectangle-like unit-cells may undergo elastic buckling or bending of cell walls when subject to longitudinal compression. Under sufficient load intensity, cell walls can deform and contact neighbouring cells. This self-contact is harnessed to change the topology of the structure to that of a kagome-like lattice, thereby establishing new load paths, thus enabling enhancement, in a tailored manner, of the effective compressive and shear stiffness of the lattice. Whilst this phenomenon is independent of characteristic length scale, we focus on macroscopic behaviour (lattices of scale ≈ 200 mm). Experimentally observed responses of 3D-printed lattices correlate excellently with finite element analysis and analytical stiffness predictions for pre- and post-contact topologies. The role of key geometric and stiffness parameters in critical regions of the design space is explored through a parametric study. The non-linear responses demonstrated by this topology morphing lattice structure may offer designers a new route to tailor elastic characteristics.
Citation
Sundararaman, V., O'Donnell, M. P., Chenchiah, I. V., Clancy, G., & Weaver, P. M. (2023). Stiffness tailoring in sinusoidal lattice structures through passive topology morphing using contact connections. Materials and Design, 226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111649
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 22, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 27, 2023 |
Publication Date | Feb 1, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Jan 26, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | May 4, 2023 |
Journal | Materials and Design |
Print ISSN | 0264-1275 |
Electronic ISSN | 1873-4197 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 226 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111649 |
Keywords | Adaptive; Planar lattice; Contact; Topology; Stiffness; Sinusoidal lattice; Global buckling; Topology morphing; Contact connections; Stiffness tailoring |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10374252 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127523000643 |
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