An investigation on internal lightweight load bearing structures

• Main Authors: Toh, William, Yap, Yee Ling, Koneru, Rahul, Nur Adilah Plemping, Lim, Chin Mian, Yeoh, Kirk Ming, Lee, Jia Shing, Lin, Rongming, Ng, Teng Yong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics; Lightweight Internal Structures; Kagome
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139979
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper investigates the differences in structural response of lightweight internal structures using finite element (FE) simulation to provide quantitative comparison of the advantages of each type of structure. Various configurations, corresponding to different amounts of weight savings, were st...