Polymethacrylimide(PMI)foam has the highest specific stiffness and strength among polymer foams,with excellent radar-absorbing capabilities,which provide it with broad prospects in underwater ap-plications.To evaluate...Polymethacrylimide(PMI)foam has the highest specific stiffness and strength among polymer foams,with excellent radar-absorbing capabilities,which provide it with broad prospects in underwater ap-plications.To evaluate the impact resistance of PMI foam sandwich structures,the dynamic response and energy absorption characteristics of PMI foam sandwich structures with different core layers under various water impact loads were investigated using combined experimental and numerical methods.A fluid-structure interaction device with a diffusion angle was used for water impact testing of the PMI foam sandwich structures.The 3D-DIC technique was employed to process the deformation images of the sandwich-structure back panel captured by the high-speed cameras.Numerical simulations were performed to analyze the dynamic deformation process of the PMI foam core.The results indicated that the maximum deformation of the back panel exhibited a nonlinear relationship with the impulse.Below the critical impulse,the maximum deformation of the back panel plateaued,which was determined by the core density.Beyond the critical impulse,the rate of deformation increased with the impulse was governed by the core thickness.Compared with different sandwich panels,PMI foam sandwich struc-tures demonstrate significant advantages in terms of impact resistance under high-impulse conditions.展开更多
Improving the thermal decomposition performance of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane(CL-20)by appropriate methods is helpful to promote the combustion performance of CL-20-based solid propellants.In this study,we synthesi...Improving the thermal decomposition performance of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane(CL-20)by appropriate methods is helpful to promote the combustion performance of CL-20-based solid propellants.In this study,we synthesized a sandwich structure of CL-20 and nanoporous carbon scaffolds film(NCS)and emphatically studied the thermal decomposition performance of the composite structure.Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry were used to measure the thermal decomposition process of the composite structure.The kinetic parameters of thermal decomposition were calculated by the thermal dynamic analysis software AKTS.These results showed that the thermal decomposition performance of the sandwich structure of CL-20 and NCS was better than CL-20.Among the tested samples,NCS with a pore size of 15 nm had the best catalytic activity for the thermal decomposition of CL-20.Moreover,the thermal decomposition curve of the composite structure at the heating rate of 1 K/min was deconvoluted by mathematical method to study the thermal decomposition process.And a possible catalytic mechanism was proposed.The excellent thermal decomposition performance is due to the sandwich structure enhances the interface reaction of CL-20 and NCS.This work may promote the extensive use of CL-20 in the field of solid rocket propellant.展开更多
In the present study,experimental and numerical investigations were carried out to examine the behavior of sandwich panels with honeycomb cores.The high velocity impact tests were carried out using a compressed air gu...In the present study,experimental and numerical investigations were carried out to examine the behavior of sandwich panels with honeycomb cores.The high velocity impact tests were carried out using a compressed air gun.A sharp conical nosed projectile was impacted normally and with some offset distance(20 mm and 40 mm).The deformation,failure mode and energy dissipation characteristics were obtained for both kinds of loading.Moreover,the explicit solver was run in Abaqus to create the finite element model.The numerically obtained test results were compared with the experimental to check the accuracy of the modelling.The numerical result was further employed to obtain strain energy dissipation in each element by externally running user-defined code in Abaqus.Furthermore,the influence of inscribe circle diameter and cell wall and face sheet thickness on the energy dissipation,deformation and failure mode was examined.The result found that ballistic resistance and deformation were higher against offset impact compared to the normal impact loading.Sandwich panel impacted at 40 mm offset distance required 3 m/s and 1.9 m/s more velocity than 0 and 20 mm offset distance.Also,increasing the face sheet and wall thickness had a positive impact on the ballistic resistance in terms of a higher ballistic limit and energy absorption.However,inscribe circle diameter had a negative influence on the ballistic resistance.Also,the geometrical parameters of the sandwich structure had a significant influence on the energy dissipation in the different deformation directions.The energy dissipation in plastic work was highest for circumferential direction,regardless of impact condition followed by tangential,radial and axial directions.展开更多
In this article,the experimental and finite element analysis is utilized to investigate the quasi-static compression features of sandwich constructions built with tapered tubes.3D printing technology was utilized to c...In this article,the experimental and finite element analysis is utilized to investigate the quasi-static compression features of sandwich constructions built with tapered tubes.3D printing technology was utilized to create the hollow centers of the tapering tubes,with and without corrugations.The results demonstrate that the energy absorption(EA)and specific energy absorption(SEA)of the single corrugated tapered tube sandwich are 51.6% and 19.8% higher,respectively,than those of the conical tube sandwich.Furthermore,the results demonstrate that energy absorbers can benefit from corrugation in order to increase their efficiency.Additionally,the tapered corrugated tubes'resistance to oblique impacts was studied.Compared to a straight tube,the tapered tube is more resistant to oblique loads and has a lower initial peak crushing force(PCF),according to numerical simulations.After conducting a parametric study,it was discovered that the energy absorption performance of the sandwich construction is significantly affected by the amplitude,number of corrugations,and wall thickness.EA and SEA of DTS with corrugation number of 8 increased by 17.4%and 29.6%,respectively,while PCF decreased by 9.2% compared to DTS with corrugation number of 10.展开更多
Potential damage in composite structures caused by hail ice impact is an essential safety threat to the aircraft in flight.In this study,a nonlinear finite element(FE)model is developed to investigate the dynamic resp...Potential damage in composite structures caused by hail ice impact is an essential safety threat to the aircraft in flight.In this study,a nonlinear finite element(FE)model is developed to investigate the dynamic response and damage behavior of hybrid corrugated sandwich structures subjected to high velocity hail ice impact.The impact and breaking behavior of hail are described using the FE-smoothed particle hydrodynamics(FE-SPH)method.A rate-dependent progressive damage model is employed to capture the intra-laminar damage response;cohesive element and surface-based cohesive contact are implemented to predict the inter-laminar delamination and sheet/core debonding phenomena respectively.The transient processes of sandwich structure under different hail ice impact conditions are analyzed.Comparative analysis is conducted to address the influences of core shape and impact position on the impact performance of sandwich structures and the corresponding energy absorption characteristics are also revealed.展开更多
In this paper,the numerical simulation method is used to study the ballistic performances of hourglass lattice sandwich structures with the same mass under the vertical incidence of fragments.Attention is paid to eluc...In this paper,the numerical simulation method is used to study the ballistic performances of hourglass lattice sandwich structures with the same mass under the vertical incidence of fragments.Attention is paid to elucidating the influences of rod cross-section dimensions,structure height,structure layer,and rod inclination angle on the deformation mode,ballistic performances,and ability to change the ballistic direction of fragments.The results show that the ballistic performances of hourglass lattice sandwich structures are mainly affected by their structural parameters.In this respect,structural parameters optimization of the hourglass lattice sandwich structures enable one to effectively improve their ballistic limit velocity and,consequently,ballistic performances.展开更多
Inspired by nature's self-similar designs,novel honeycomb-spiderweb based self-similar hybrid cellular structures are proposed here for efficient energy absorption in impact applications.The energy absorption is e...Inspired by nature's self-similar designs,novel honeycomb-spiderweb based self-similar hybrid cellular structures are proposed here for efficient energy absorption in impact applications.The energy absorption is enhanced by optimizing the geometry and topology for a given mass.The proposed hybrid cellular structure is arrived after a thorough analysis of topologically enhanced self-similar structures.The optimized cell designs are rigorously tested considering dynamic loads involving crush and high-velocity bullet impact.Furthermore,the influence of thickness,radial connectivity,and order of patterning at the unit cell level are also investigated.The maximum crushing efficiency attained is found to be more than 95%,which is significantly higher than most existing traditional designs.Later on,the first and second-order hierarchical self-similar unit cell designs developed during crush analysis are used to prepare the cores for sandwich structures.Impact tests are performed on the developed sandwich structures using the standard 9-mm parabellum.The influence of multistaging on impact resistance is also investigated by maintaining a constant total thickness and mass of the sandwich structure.Moreover,in order to avoid layer-wise weak zones and hence,attain a uniform out-of-plane impact strength,off-setting the designs in each stage is proposed.The sandwich structures with first and second-order self-similar hybrid cores are observed to withstand impact velocities as high as 170 m/s and 270 m/s,respectively.展开更多
The paper introduced the structural applications with PMI (Polymethacrylimide) foams in sandwich components for rotor craft, launching vehicle and civil aircraft and discuss some typically used manufacturing methods, ...The paper introduced the structural applications with PMI (Polymethacrylimide) foams in sandwich components for rotor craft, launching vehicle and civil aircraft and discuss some typically used manufacturing methods, such as e.g. in-mould pressing, autoclave curing and resin infusion. The advantages of foam-cored sandwich design versus honeycomb-cored design will be discussed, focussing on manufacturing costs.展开更多
Silicon-based materials have attracted considerable attention as potential anodes in lithium-ion energy storage systems,primarily due to their having a theoretical capacity greater than conventional graphite anodes.De...Silicon-based materials have attracted considerable attention as potential anodes in lithium-ion energy storage systems,primarily due to their having a theoretical capacity greater than conventional graphite anodes.Despite this advantage,the inherent problem of substantial volume changes during lithiation/delithiation severely hinders their practical implementation in commercial battery configurations.We report the synthesis of a material by an electrostatic self-assembly method in which citric acid(CA)serves as a crosslinker to anchor cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-modified positively charged silicon nanoparticles between graphene oxide(GO)layers.After freeze-drying and thermal treatment under a nitrogen atmosphere,silicon particle core layers sandwiched between reduced graphene oxide(rGO)layers were obtained.Control samples with Si/rGO mass ratios of 0.5,1 and 2 were prepared for evaluation.The continuous conductive rGO network significantly increased the electronic conductivity of the material and the incorporation of CA acted as a binding agent between the Si and the rGO which increased the structural stability.By anchoring the silicon particles between adjacent rGO layers,the abundant void spaces and favorable mechanical flexibility of rGO were harnessed to effectively alleviate the volume expansion of silicon during charge-discharge cycles.The material with the Si/rGO mass ratio of 1 gave the highest specific capacity of 946.6 mAh g^(−1)after 200 cycles at a current density of 0.5 A g^(−1).It also had a good rate performance,with a good reversible capacity of 1005.1 mAh g^(−1)at a high current density of 2 A g^(−1).展开更多
文摘Polymethacrylimide(PMI)foam has the highest specific stiffness and strength among polymer foams,with excellent radar-absorbing capabilities,which provide it with broad prospects in underwater ap-plications.To evaluate the impact resistance of PMI foam sandwich structures,the dynamic response and energy absorption characteristics of PMI foam sandwich structures with different core layers under various water impact loads were investigated using combined experimental and numerical methods.A fluid-structure interaction device with a diffusion angle was used for water impact testing of the PMI foam sandwich structures.The 3D-DIC technique was employed to process the deformation images of the sandwich-structure back panel captured by the high-speed cameras.Numerical simulations were performed to analyze the dynamic deformation process of the PMI foam core.The results indicated that the maximum deformation of the back panel exhibited a nonlinear relationship with the impulse.Below the critical impulse,the maximum deformation of the back panel plateaued,which was determined by the core density.Beyond the critical impulse,the rate of deformation increased with the impulse was governed by the core thickness.Compared with different sandwich panels,PMI foam sandwich struc-tures demonstrate significant advantages in terms of impact resistance under high-impulse conditions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No:21975227)the Shanxi Province Graduate Student Innovation Project(No:2020SY403)。
文摘Improving the thermal decomposition performance of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane(CL-20)by appropriate methods is helpful to promote the combustion performance of CL-20-based solid propellants.In this study,we synthesized a sandwich structure of CL-20 and nanoporous carbon scaffolds film(NCS)and emphatically studied the thermal decomposition performance of the composite structure.Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry were used to measure the thermal decomposition process of the composite structure.The kinetic parameters of thermal decomposition were calculated by the thermal dynamic analysis software AKTS.These results showed that the thermal decomposition performance of the sandwich structure of CL-20 and NCS was better than CL-20.Among the tested samples,NCS with a pore size of 15 nm had the best catalytic activity for the thermal decomposition of CL-20.Moreover,the thermal decomposition curve of the composite structure at the heating rate of 1 K/min was deconvoluted by mathematical method to study the thermal decomposition process.And a possible catalytic mechanism was proposed.The excellent thermal decomposition performance is due to the sandwich structure enhances the interface reaction of CL-20 and NCS.This work may promote the extensive use of CL-20 in the field of solid rocket propellant.
文摘In the present study,experimental and numerical investigations were carried out to examine the behavior of sandwich panels with honeycomb cores.The high velocity impact tests were carried out using a compressed air gun.A sharp conical nosed projectile was impacted normally and with some offset distance(20 mm and 40 mm).The deformation,failure mode and energy dissipation characteristics were obtained for both kinds of loading.Moreover,the explicit solver was run in Abaqus to create the finite element model.The numerically obtained test results were compared with the experimental to check the accuracy of the modelling.The numerical result was further employed to obtain strain energy dissipation in each element by externally running user-defined code in Abaqus.Furthermore,the influence of inscribe circle diameter and cell wall and face sheet thickness on the energy dissipation,deformation and failure mode was examined.The result found that ballistic resistance and deformation were higher against offset impact compared to the normal impact loading.Sandwich panel impacted at 40 mm offset distance required 3 m/s and 1.9 m/s more velocity than 0 and 20 mm offset distance.Also,increasing the face sheet and wall thickness had a positive impact on the ballistic resistance in terms of a higher ballistic limit and energy absorption.However,inscribe circle diameter had a negative influence on the ballistic resistance.Also,the geometrical parameters of the sandwich structure had a significant influence on the energy dissipation in the different deformation directions.The energy dissipation in plastic work was highest for circumferential direction,regardless of impact condition followed by tangential,radial and axial directions.
基金the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52078152 and 12002095)Guangzhou Government-University Union Fund(No.202201020532)。
文摘In this article,the experimental and finite element analysis is utilized to investigate the quasi-static compression features of sandwich constructions built with tapered tubes.3D printing technology was utilized to create the hollow centers of the tapering tubes,with and without corrugations.The results demonstrate that the energy absorption(EA)and specific energy absorption(SEA)of the single corrugated tapered tube sandwich are 51.6% and 19.8% higher,respectively,than those of the conical tube sandwich.Furthermore,the results demonstrate that energy absorbers can benefit from corrugation in order to increase their efficiency.Additionally,the tapered corrugated tubes'resistance to oblique impacts was studied.Compared to a straight tube,the tapered tube is more resistant to oblique loads and has a lower initial peak crushing force(PCF),according to numerical simulations.After conducting a parametric study,it was discovered that the energy absorption performance of the sandwich construction is significantly affected by the amplitude,number of corrugations,and wall thickness.EA and SEA of DTS with corrugation number of 8 increased by 17.4%and 29.6%,respectively,while PCF decreased by 9.2% compared to DTS with corrugation number of 10.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20180855)Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures(Grant No.MCMS-E-0219Y01)Research and Practice Innovation Program of postgraduates in Jiangsu Province(Grant No.KYCX20-3076)。
文摘Potential damage in composite structures caused by hail ice impact is an essential safety threat to the aircraft in flight.In this study,a nonlinear finite element(FE)model is developed to investigate the dynamic response and damage behavior of hybrid corrugated sandwich structures subjected to high velocity hail ice impact.The impact and breaking behavior of hail are described using the FE-smoothed particle hydrodynamics(FE-SPH)method.A rate-dependent progressive damage model is employed to capture the intra-laminar damage response;cohesive element and surface-based cohesive contact are implemented to predict the inter-laminar delamination and sheet/core debonding phenomena respectively.The transient processes of sandwich structure under different hail ice impact conditions are analyzed.Comparative analysis is conducted to address the influences of core shape and impact position on the impact performance of sandwich structures and the corresponding energy absorption characteristics are also revealed.
基金supported by the Defense Industrial Technology Development Program(Grant No.JCKY2018604B004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11972007)。
文摘In this paper,the numerical simulation method is used to study the ballistic performances of hourglass lattice sandwich structures with the same mass under the vertical incidence of fragments.Attention is paid to elucidating the influences of rod cross-section dimensions,structure height,structure layer,and rod inclination angle on the deformation mode,ballistic performances,and ability to change the ballistic direction of fragments.The results show that the ballistic performances of hourglass lattice sandwich structures are mainly affected by their structural parameters.In this respect,structural parameters optimization of the hourglass lattice sandwich structures enable one to effectively improve their ballistic limit velocity and,consequently,ballistic performances.
基金the Science and Engineering Research Board(SERB),Department of Science and Technology,India,for funding this research through grant number SRG/2019/001581。
文摘Inspired by nature's self-similar designs,novel honeycomb-spiderweb based self-similar hybrid cellular structures are proposed here for efficient energy absorption in impact applications.The energy absorption is enhanced by optimizing the geometry and topology for a given mass.The proposed hybrid cellular structure is arrived after a thorough analysis of topologically enhanced self-similar structures.The optimized cell designs are rigorously tested considering dynamic loads involving crush and high-velocity bullet impact.Furthermore,the influence of thickness,radial connectivity,and order of patterning at the unit cell level are also investigated.The maximum crushing efficiency attained is found to be more than 95%,which is significantly higher than most existing traditional designs.Later on,the first and second-order hierarchical self-similar unit cell designs developed during crush analysis are used to prepare the cores for sandwich structures.Impact tests are performed on the developed sandwich structures using the standard 9-mm parabellum.The influence of multistaging on impact resistance is also investigated by maintaining a constant total thickness and mass of the sandwich structure.Moreover,in order to avoid layer-wise weak zones and hence,attain a uniform out-of-plane impact strength,off-setting the designs in each stage is proposed.The sandwich structures with first and second-order self-similar hybrid cores are observed to withstand impact velocities as high as 170 m/s and 270 m/s,respectively.
文摘The paper introduced the structural applications with PMI (Polymethacrylimide) foams in sandwich components for rotor craft, launching vehicle and civil aircraft and discuss some typically used manufacturing methods, such as e.g. in-mould pressing, autoclave curing and resin infusion. The advantages of foam-cored sandwich design versus honeycomb-cored design will be discussed, focussing on manufacturing costs.
文摘Silicon-based materials have attracted considerable attention as potential anodes in lithium-ion energy storage systems,primarily due to their having a theoretical capacity greater than conventional graphite anodes.Despite this advantage,the inherent problem of substantial volume changes during lithiation/delithiation severely hinders their practical implementation in commercial battery configurations.We report the synthesis of a material by an electrostatic self-assembly method in which citric acid(CA)serves as a crosslinker to anchor cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-modified positively charged silicon nanoparticles between graphene oxide(GO)layers.After freeze-drying and thermal treatment under a nitrogen atmosphere,silicon particle core layers sandwiched between reduced graphene oxide(rGO)layers were obtained.Control samples with Si/rGO mass ratios of 0.5,1 and 2 were prepared for evaluation.The continuous conductive rGO network significantly increased the electronic conductivity of the material and the incorporation of CA acted as a binding agent between the Si and the rGO which increased the structural stability.By anchoring the silicon particles between adjacent rGO layers,the abundant void spaces and favorable mechanical flexibility of rGO were harnessed to effectively alleviate the volume expansion of silicon during charge-discharge cycles.The material with the Si/rGO mass ratio of 1 gave the highest specific capacity of 946.6 mAh g^(−1)after 200 cycles at a current density of 0.5 A g^(−1).It also had a good rate performance,with a good reversible capacity of 1005.1 mAh g^(−1)at a high current density of 2 A g^(−1).
