Compressive response of honeycombs under in-plane uniaxial static and dynamic loading, Part 2: Simulations

The static and dynamic experimental results of polycarbonate circular cell honeycombs subjected to in-plane uniaxial loading are simulated through numerical analysis using the finite element method. The experimental results were presented in Part 1 (Chung, J., and Waas, A. M., Compressive Response of Honeycombs Under In-Plane Uniaxial Static and Dynamic Loading, Part 1: Experiments, AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, 2002, pp. 966-973). Through a comparison between the experimental results and numerical analysis, the crushing mechanism of the circular cell honeycomb material is studied. The influence of friction between the loading plate and the honeycomb material is studied numerically in the simulation of the dynamic experimental results.