Flaw Tolerance of Octet Truss Lattices with Random Flaws
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
We investigate the behavior of octet truss lattices in which some proportion of the bars are randomly removed from a perfect lattice. Using a lattice specimen of 9 × 9 × 9 octet truss unit cells as the nominal design, we simulate the response of prefect and flawed lattices with a finite element method implementation of rod theory. For each of two simple load cases, we perform a Monte Carlo analysis where we consider many instantiations of flawed lattices where between 1% and 20% of the bars are missing, and compare the axial loads in the remaining bars to those in the perfect lattice. We also compare the overall stiffness of the flawed lattices to the perfect lattice. Our results show progressive deterioration of lattice strength and stiffness with increasing proportion of missing bars, as expected, with the location and magnitude of the highest-loaded (most failure-prone) bars depending more on the load case and bar orientation than on the location and connectivity of missing bars. As such, the results reported herein may not be directly transferable to different lattice geometries.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1608528
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-TR-808118; 1013626
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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