In-plane impact dynamics of honeycomb structure containing curved reentrant sides with negative Poisson’s ratio effect

Honeycomb structure containing curved reentrant sides with negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) was designed and the impact dynamics behaviors were studied by finite element method. The Poisson’s ratio and the energy absorption capacity of the honeycomb structure with different arc angle were studied under different compression velocities. The results show that the Poisson’s ratio of the honeycomb structure can reach −0.373 with arc angle of 180°. The energy absorption capacity of the honeycomb structure increased with an increasing compression velocity, and the deformation mode changed from X type to V type and I type. When the compression velocity is low, the dynamic response curve of the honeycomb structure with arc angle of 180° has the characteristics of two-stage plateau region. When the compression velocity is high, the energy absorption capacity of the honeycomb structure increased with an increasing arc angle. When the arc angle is higher than 120°, the honeycomb structure has NPR effect, and the energy absorption capacity of the honeycomb structure is better than the honeycomb structure with other arc angles.