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Micro-cellular impact absorbers
Rakušan, Jakub ; Ševeček, Oldřich (referee) ; Skalka, Petr (advisor)
This bachelor thesis focuses on micro-cellular impact absorbers. The micro-cellular absorber converts the kinetic energy of the impacting object into the strain energy of the internal structure of the absorber. The thesis focuses on two types of absorbers, namely the absorber with internal auxetic structure and the absorber with internal non-auxetic structure. The same porosity has been kept for both internal structures for further comparison of the characteristics of both the absorbers. As part of this thesis, an impact test was simulated. In this test, objects (cylinders) of different diameters, the same length (identical to the absorber thickness), and different kinetic energy were impacted into the absorber. The finite element method (explicit solution) was used to solve this problem. The output of the study was a comparison of simulations of the impact test into auxetic and non-auxetic structures.
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Computational analysis of auxetic structures application potential in impact absorbers
Dohnal, Jakub ; Skalka, Petr (referee) ; Ševeček, Oldřich (advisor)
Master thesis deals with the analysis of the application potential of auxetic materials in the field of shock absorption (absorption of impact energy). Due to their cellular structure and specific geometry, these materials are characterized by a negative Poisson’s ratio, which means that they are able to reduce their transverse dimension under compressive stress in the longitudinal direction. The aim of this work is to use this interesting property for the absorption of kinetic energy. After the introduction, devoted to the theoretical basis and research in the field of auxetic structures, a numerical FEM model is described in detail. The task of the model is to study the mechanical response of auxetic and conventional cellular structure to an impact loading. An explicit solver in the commercial software LS-DYNA is used to numerically simulate fast processes. The results of the analyses are used to compare auxetic and conventional structures and quantify the differences in their ability to dampen the kinetic energy of the impact effectively and gently. It also serves to demonstrate the influence of individual geometric or material parameters on impact attenuation. At the end of the work, numerical simulations are confronted with available experiments in order to verify the informative value of computational models and to point out the application potential of auxetic structures in the discussion. There are also partial recommendations for their design so that they best serve the intended purpose.
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Design of auxetic structures for the selective laser melting technology
Pchálek, Václav ; Hutař, Pavel (referee) ; Červinek, Ondřej (advisor)
With the development of additive technologies, it became possible to produce auxetic structures with complicated geometries. Despite their intensive study, their potential for high resistance to local loading has not yet been explored. Describing this phenomenon and its causes would enable the effective design of structures with greatly enhanced resistance to foreign object impact. Therefore, this work investigated the deformation behavior of auxetic re-entrant honeycomb structures under local loading. The relationship between the resistance of the structure to local loading and the magnitude of the negative Poisson´s number, which was controlled by the geometry of the basic cell, was investigated. An analytical approach was used to determine the Poisson´s number of the structures. Subsequently, a prediction of the local loading behaviour of the structures was made using the finite element method assuming small and large deformations. This behavior was then experimentally verified for small and large strain rates on structures fabricated by selective laser melting technology. It was found that for the assumption of small deformations, the smaller the Poisson´s number of the structure, the more resistant it is to local loading. However, this does not apply to the assumption of large deformations, where the wall interaction and its buckling were difficult to predict. Furthermore, structures with thinner walls were shown to deform more, thus using their full deformation potential and therefore being more resistant to local loading. When tested at both low and high strain rates, a rearrangement of the structure towards the impact location was observed in two directions, perpendicular and against the direction of loading. It was found that structures with different geometry but the same Poisson's number have the same deformation behavior in terms of strain rate and reaction force. The findings of this work contribute to the understanding of the behaviour of auxetic structures under local loading, which can be used in the design of such loaded structures in specific applications.
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Micro-cellular impact absorbers
Rakušan, Jakub ; Ševeček, Oldřich (referee) ; Skalka, Petr (advisor)
This bachelor thesis focuses on micro-cellular impact absorbers. The micro-cellular absorber converts the kinetic energy of the impacting object into the strain energy of the internal structure of the absorber. The thesis focuses on two types of absorbers, namely the absorber with internal auxetic structure and the absorber with internal non-auxetic structure. The same porosity has been kept for both internal structures for further comparison of the characteristics of both the absorbers. As part of this thesis, an impact test was simulated. In this test, objects (cylinders) of different diameters, the same length (identical to the absorber thickness), and different kinetic energy were impacted into the absorber. The finite element method (explicit solution) was used to solve this problem. The output of the study was a comparison of simulations of the impact test into auxetic and non-auxetic structures.
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Computational analysis of auxetic structures application potential in impact absorbers
Dohnal, Jakub ; Skalka, Petr (referee) ; Ševeček, Oldřich (advisor)
Master thesis deals with the analysis of the application potential of auxetic materials in the field of shock absorption (absorption of impact energy). Due to their cellular structure and specific geometry, these materials are characterized by a negative Poisson’s ratio, which means that they are able to reduce their transverse dimension under compressive stress in the longitudinal direction. The aim of this work is to use this interesting property for the absorption of kinetic energy. After the introduction, devoted to the theoretical basis and research in the field of auxetic structures, a numerical FEM model is described in detail. The task of the model is to study the mechanical response of auxetic and conventional cellular structure to an impact loading. An explicit solver in the commercial software LS-DYNA is used to numerically simulate fast processes. The results of the analyses are used to compare auxetic and conventional structures and quantify the differences in their ability to dampen the kinetic energy of the impact effectively and gently. It also serves to demonstrate the influence of individual geometric or material parameters on impact attenuation. At the end of the work, numerical simulations are confronted with available experiments in order to verify the informative value of computational models and to point out the application potential of auxetic structures in the discussion. There are also partial recommendations for their design so that they best serve the intended purpose.
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Mechanical properties of 3D auxetic structures produced by additive manufacturing
Jiroušek, O. ; Koudelka_ml., Petr ; Fíla, Tomáš
Three distinct auxetic structures were produced by direct 3D printing based on parametric CAD models. Mechanical properties of the structures were established by static compression tests where strain fields on the surface of the specimens was measured by non-contact optical method. Parametric finite element (FE) model of each structure was then subjected to a virtual compression test and mechanical properties obtained from the FE simulations were compared to the experimentally assessed values. After verification, the parametric FE models were used to establish relationships between various design parameters (porosity, rod thickness, internal angles, etc.) and overall mechanical properties (particularly stiffness).
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