In-Plane Compressive Strength Analysis of Novel Folded Honeycomb Material

Two novel folded honeycombs with miura pattern are proposed in this paper. Geometry parameters for design process are given and explained. The in-plane compressive strength of the two proposed novel folded honeycombs has been studied by means of finite element simulation using ABAQUS. Quasi-static loading in two in-plane direction is selected to obtain the deformation and plateau stress. The unique collapse modes and plateau state are obtained and discussed. Compared with the conventional honeycombs, the in-plane strength of the two folded honeycombs is improved significantly. The negative Poisson’s ratio effect and buckling-restrained mechanism are introduced to illustrate the improvement. It is summarized that plateau stress under in-plane loading is improved with the included angle of miura pattern decrease for the local buckling is restrained. The folded auxetic honeycomb has the best in-plane strength for its presented negative Poisson’s ratio in two loading cases.