Quasi-static and dynamic experiments of aluminum honeycombs under combined compression-shear loading

In this paper, aluminum hexagonal honeycombs are experimentally studied for their mechanical behavior under combined compression-shear loads. Quasi-static and dynamic tests were conducted at five different loading velocities ranging from 5 × 10− 5 ms− 1 to 5 ms− 1 using MTS and INSTRON machines, among which tests at 0.5 ms− 1 and 5 ms− 1 were conducted for the first time. Specially designed fixtures were employed to apply combined...