%0 Journal Article %T Finite element analysis on the out %A Dongmei Wang %A Ning Liang %A Yanfeng Guo %J The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design %@ 2041-3130 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0309324718812527 %X The finite element model for paper honeycomb was constructed, and the finite element method of out-of-plane compression for the paper honeycomb was studied. Then four kinds of paper honeycomb with different structural parameters were simulated and analyzed using finite element software ABAQUS. Moreover, the results obtained from finite element method were verified based on the existing theoretical research results and experimental results, respectively. The results show that stress每strain curves obtained from finite element method clearly show the four deformation stages of the paper honeycomb under out-of-plane compression, which is basically consistent with the trend of the typical curve. The values of initial peak stress, plateau stress and densification strain are close to the theoretical results. The stress每strain curves and deformation contours coincide with experiments well. The differences of initial peak stress 考pk, plateau stress 考pl and densification strain 汍D between theoretical, finite element method and experimental results are less than 15%. Therefore, the finite element method can be used to analyze the stress每strain curves and deformation characteristics of paper honeycomb. In addition, the results also show that the thickness of specimen has little effect on the stress and strain. However, people often prefer to use the thicker paper honeycomb to get better cushioning effect in practical applications, which was explained %K Paper honeycomb %K out-of-plane compression %K finite element method %K stress每strain curve %K deformation contour %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0309324718812527