Compressive Behaviors of 3-D Additive Manufactured Shock Absorption Material

Abstract

This paper addresses shock absorption behavior of 3-D additive manufactured truncated octahedron for the landing gear of lunar and planetary explores. The deformation modes of truncated octahedron were predicted by the form finding analyses. The collapse load of each deformation load was calculated by the plastic hinge theory. The predicted load--displacement curve agreed with the experimental results, and thus, the proposed prediction method was verified.