Effect of microstructural topology upon the stiffness and strength of 2D cellular structures

This paper explores the relation between the microstructure and the effective properties of cellular solids. Most available models are based on Voronoi structures, giving a limitation in the cell geometry diversity. In this study, circular cylinder packings followed by radical plane determination leads to various 2D structures exhibiting bimodal or multimodal cell size distributions. These structures are then modelled by a network of beams and …