Impact Absorption Behaviour of 3D-Printed Lattice Structures for Sportswear Applications

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T12628 Polymer Foaming and Composites

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Lattice structures have been widely studied in various fields due to their lightweight and high-energy absorption capabilities. In this study, we propose the use of lattice structures in the design of sports protective equipment for contact sports athletes. A total of six specimens were additively manufactured either with a bending-dominated rhombic dodecahedron (RD) structure or stretch-dominated re-entrant (RE) structure. Elastic resin was used to investigate the specimens' compressive strength and energy absorption, impact reduction, and flexural properties in comparison with those of conventional foam and rigid polyethylene (PU). Despite having a lower relative density, the RE structure exhibits greater stiffness, showing up to 40% greater hardness and averaging 30.5% higher bending rigidity compared with the RD structure. However, it unexpectedly shows less stability and strength under uniaxial loading, which is 3 to 6 times weaker when compared with the non-auxetic RD structure. Although conventional PU has higher loading than 3D-printed lattices, the lattice shows excellent bendability, which is only 1.5 to 3 times stiffer than that of foam. The 3D-printed lattice in this study shows an optimal improvement of 43% in terms of impact absorption compared with foam and a 2.3% improvement compared with PU. Amongst the six different unit cell dimensions and structures studied, the RD lattice with a cell size of 5 mm is the most promising candidate; it has superior elasticity, compressive strength, and impact resistance performance whether it is under low- or high-impact conditions. The findings of this study provide a basis for the development of 3D-printed lattice sports protective chest equipment, which is more comfortable and offers improved protection for contact sports players.

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