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ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
Volume 280, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.115687
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Negative stiffness; Metamaterial; Energy absorption; Vibration mitigation
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This paper proposes a multi-step quasi-zero-stiffness metamaterial (MS-QZSM) with potential applications in various engineering scenarios. The MS-QZSM features multiple deformation behaviors and quasi-zero-stiffness phases under global compression load. The performances of the MS-QZSM, including multiple deformation behavior and energy absorption, are investigated and validated by experiments and simulations.
A multi-step quasi-zero-stiffness metamaterial (MS-QZSM) is proposed, which exhibits potential applications in various engineering scenarios, such as multi-vibration mitigation and mechanical protection. At the level of the cell, the MS-QZSM is characterized by the elastic ring connected in parallel with two cross-curved beams respectively, which exhibits multiple deformation behaviors and quasi-zero-stiffness phases (force plateaus) under global compression load. Whithin the line elastic range of material, the proposed metamaterial can achieve QZS region. The multi-step QZS features of the MS-QZSM are theoretically analyzed, and validated by experi-ments and numerical calculations. Furtherly, the MS-QZSM performances of multiple deformation behavior and energy absorption are investigated by loading-unloading compressive experiments and simulations. Experiment results are in agreement with the simulation results, which show that there are two force plateaus and an obvious hysteretic loop. MS-QZSM has no structural damage during deformation, but plastic deformation occurs. In the area of multi-vibration mitigation and mechanical protection, the findings of this study can expand application prospects of metamaterial in engineering structures.
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