Honeycomb In-Plane Elastic Properties

Accurate with Imperfections

Predicts in-plane elastic properties of honeycombs at large deformations, accounting for manufacturing imperfections with good agreement to experiments.

Zhao, Zhiyong · Liu, Chuang · Xiaowei, Xu · Sun, Lishuai · Junbiao, Wang · Li, Yujun

Thin-Walled Structures 2023

Advantages

Predictions agree well with experimental data

Analytical models significantly overestimate or underestimate elastic properties, indicating geometric imperfections significantly influence the in-plane elastic properties