Nature-inspired Protective Structures against Impulsive Loading
This thesis presents four novel energy-absorbing structures for protective applications against impulsive loading by mimicking the structural features and mechanisms found in nature. Each nature-inspired design exhibits sound crushing efficiency and unique energy absorption mechanisms under various...
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Curtin University
2024
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94974 |
| Summary: | This thesis presents four novel energy-absorbing structures for protective applications against impulsive loading by mimicking the structural features and mechanisms found in nature. Each nature-inspired design exhibits sound crushing efficiency and unique energy absorption mechanisms under various crushing scenarios. These include an excellent energy-absorbing structure with loading rate insensitivity of the peak crushing force, innovative structures with adaptive energy absorption performance and ideal crushing efficiency, and an energy-absorbing device with recoverable capability. |
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