Optimal truss plates

By Nathan Wicks, J. W. Hutchinson. 2001

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Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials

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Simulated Properties of Kagomé and Tetragonal Truss Core Panels (2003, methodology): “The compressive strength rY c of the optimized sandwich panel is given by (Wicks and Hutchinson, 2000): H 2 c core r =r 1⁄4 q : ð4Þ Y Y core L”
FOAM TOPOLOGY BENDING VERSUS STRETCHING DOMINATED ARCHITECTURES (2001, positive): “Motivated by recent advances in manufacturing technology, attention has been focussed on minimum weight sandwich plates comprised of truss cores faced with planar frameworks (see for example Wicks and Hutchinson [13]).”
Wave propagation characterization and design of two-dimensional elastic chiral metacomposite (2011, background): “Typical engineering applications of lattice structures include space trusses [1] and sandwich beams and panels [2].”
Compressive behavior of age hardenable tetrahedral lattice truss structures made from aluminium (2004, background): “[4] [5] [6] [7], and silicon brass (Cu–4Si–14Zn wt”
Wave propagation in two-dimensional periodic lattices. (2006, background): “Engineering applications include sandwich beams, panels Wicks and Hutchinson, 2001 and space trusses Noor et al., 1978 .”
Flexural behaviour of structural fibre composite sandwich beams in flatwise and edgewise positions (2010, background): “On the other hand, composite sandwich panels with honeycomb or open-cell lattice truss structure core are highly efficient from a weight standpoint and have good compression performance [13].”
The structural performance of near-optimized truss core panels (2002, methodology): “Analytical results for truss cores and panels (Wicks and Hutchinson, 2001; Deshpande et al., 2001; Deshpande and Fleck, 2001; Ashby et al., 2000; Gibson and Ashby, 1997).”
Performance of metallic honeycomb-core sandwich beams under shock loading (2006, background): “(ii) To ensure beam behavior, the ratio of core thickness to loading span was maintained below 0.05 (Wicks and Hutchinson, 2001; Zok et al., 2003).”
On the performance of truss panels with Kagomé cores (2003, background): “The dimensions of the core have been chosen to be representative of near-optimal sandwich panels ( Wicks and Hutchinson, 2001; Chiras et al., 2002), with thicker-than-optimum faces to resist puncturing.”
Active cooling by metallic sandwich structures with periodic cores (2005, background): “By recalling that the core density of a truss core panel is q 1⁄4 3pðd=LÞ(2) [3], we can rewrite (4.”
Structurally optimized sandwich panels with prismatic cores (2004, methodology): “A quadratic optimizer is used to ascertain the dimensions that minimize the panel weight at representative loads, subject to the constraint that the ratio of the panel thickness to span should not exceed an allowable maximum (Wicks and Hutchinson, 2001).”
The mechanics of composite corrugated structures: A review with applications in morphing aircraft (2015, methodology): “Minimizing the weight of the structure for a prescribed load, a numerical procedure described by Wicks and Hutchinson [110] was used.”