# In-Plane Dynamic Crushing Response and Energy Absorption of a Novel Auxetic Honeycomb

## TL;DR

A new auxetic honeycomb structure is developed and analyzed for its energy absorption and deformation behavior under dynamic crushing.

## Contribution

A novel arc-shaped auxetic honeycomb is introduced, showing enhanced energy absorption and negative Poisson’s ratio effects.

## Key findings

- The plateau stress and specific energy absorption increase with higher crushing velocity for both structures.
- The RSSHR_P structure exhibits a stronger negative Poisson’s ratio effect due to its arc-shaped design.
- Stress–strain curves show three distinct deformation stages under low crushing velocity.

## Abstract

A novel auxetic honeycomb (RSSHR) is developed by introducing the arc-shaped structure into the re-entrant star-shaped honeycomb (RSSH). Based on theoretical models and finite element methods, the dynamic crushing responses of RSSH and RSSHR plate (RSSH_P and RSSHR_P) structures are investigated to elucidate the dependence of plateau stress, negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR), deformed shape and specific energy absorption (SEA) on crushing velocity. The stress–strain curves of two types of structures are calculated to analyze configuration–mechanical property relationships. The results exhibit that the plateau stress and SEA of the RSSH_P and RSSHR_P structures increase as the crushing velocity increases. Owing to the stress-mitigating effect of the arc-shaped structure, the RSSHR_P structure exhibits a stronger NPR effect. And the SEA of the RSSHR_P structure is higher than that of the RSSH_P structure. In addition, it is also found that at low crushing velocity, the stress–strain curves of the two structures exhibit three distinct stages: the elastic stage (I), the stress plateau stage (II) and the densification stage (III). During the crushing process, there are three deformed shapes. They are the global deformed shape, the local deformed shape and the layer-by-layer deformed shape.