| dc.contributor.author | Chibinyani, Munashe Ignatius | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dzogbewu, Thywill Cephas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maringa, Maina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muiruri, Amos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-25T19:54:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-25T19:54:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chibinyani, M.I.; Dzogbewu, T.C.; Maringa, M.; Muiruri, A. Lattice Structures Built with Different Polygon Hollow Shapes: A Review on Their Analytical Modelling and Engineering Applications. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 1582. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/app14041582 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/ 10.3390/app14041582 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.mut.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/6696 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Lattice structures are useful in the aerospace, automotive, infrastructural, and medical fields
due to the way they incorporate a lightweight design and good mechanical properties, because of
their hollow shapes. This review paper documents work carried out using various analytical models
for lattice structures designed with different polygon hollow shapes, for loading in the in-plane and
out-of-plane directions, in order to advise their ranking in terms of mechanical behaviour. A primer
on lattice structures and polygon hollow shapes is first provided. This is followed by a review of
relevant analytical models applied to lattice structures with various polygon hollow shapes that
are available in the literature, and then a ranking of the polygon hollow structures in terms of their
mechanical properties is performed. Following on from this, a review of the mechanical properties of
polygon hollow structures is given. Engineering applications of different polygon hollow structures
are then identified. A next-generation structural optimisation and design guide is then highlighted,
and some of the primary prospective areas to be focused on when designing lattice parts are pointed
out. The last section highlights current challenges, as well as recommendations for extending the use
of design for the additive manufacturing of lattice parts. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Applied sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | lattice structures; polygon hollow shapes; analytical modelling; engineering applications | en_US |
| dc.title | Lattice Structures Built with Different Polygon Hollow Shapes: A Review on Their Analytical Modelling and Engineering Applications | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
