Sangil Hyun
The Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 23, no. 5, pp.1270-1277, 2009

Abstract : Wire-woven bulk kagome (WBK) materials are a new class of cellular metallic structures possessing desired mechanical performance and can be fabricated easily by assembling metallic wires. In previous studies, the WBK materials were shown to have high strength and weak sensitivity on imperfections under compressive loads. In this paper, we present numerical simulation results on the mechanical performance of WBK and its sensitivity on imperfections under shear loads. Two types of statistical imperfections on geometry and material property were introduced in the simulation models as likewise the previous studies. The simulation results were compared with the experimental measurement on the WBK made of stainless wire (SUS304). The WBK were shown to have a good isotropic mechanical strength under various orientations of shear loadings.

Keyword : Cellular metal; PCM (Periodic Cellular Metal); Kagome truss; Imperfections; PBC (periodic boundary condition); Random