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© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.Lattice materials are an emerging family of advanced engineering materials with unique advantages for lightweight applications. However, the mechanical behaviors of lattice materials at ultra-low relative densities are still not well understood, and this severely limits their lightweighting potential. Here, a high-precision micro-laser powder bed fusion technique is dveloped that enables the fabrication of metallic lattices with a relative density range much wider than existing studies. This technique allows to confirm that cubic lattices in compression undergo a yielding-to-buckling failure mode transition at low relative densities, and this transition fundamentally changes the usual strength ranking from plate > shell > truss at high relative densities to shell > plate > truss or shell > truss > plate at low relative densities. More importantly, it is shown that increasing bending energy ratio in the lattice through imperfections such as slightly-corrugated geometries can significantly enhance the stability and strength of lattice materials at ultra-low relative densities. This counterintuitive result suggests a new way for designing ultra-lightweight lattice materials at ultra-low relative densities.
Author(s): Ding J, Ma Q, Li X, Zhang L, Yang H, Qu S, Wang MY, Zhai W, Gao H, Song X
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Advanced Science
Year: 2024
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 16/09/2024
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
Date deposited: 24/09/2024
ISSN (print): 2198-3844
ISSN (electronic): 2198-3844
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202402727
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402727
Data Access Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request
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