蜂巢材料因具有質量輕、低熱傳導及高吸能等優點，已被廣泛應用於輕質結構工程上，為確保結構之安全性，必須對蜂巢材料行為具有相當程度瞭解。

本研究主要探討具曲桿與具直桿蜂巢材料力學性質之差異性，亦即具曲桿蜂巢材料受外加載重時，楊氏模數、柏松比、脆性壓碎強度及塑性破壞強度受曲桿曲度影響程度。首先本文選擇圓弧曲線與正弦函數曲線兩種以模擬曲桿，然後建立力學分析模型再加以推導理論解。此外並使用有限元素法套裝軟體ABAQUS分析並模擬一無窮域具曲桿蜂巢材料，所得結果將與理論解作一比較與印證。

The Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, plastic collapse strength and brittle crushing strength of regular hexagonal honeycombs with non-straight cell edges are derived theoretically from a curved cell edge model. In the model, the geometry of curved cell edges is taken to be either circular or sinusoidal. Theoretical results indicate that the elastic moduli and strengths of regular hexagonal honeycombs are significantly affected by curved cell edges. To evaluate the effect of non-straight cell edges, the elastic moduli and strengths of regular hexagonal honeycombs with curved cell edges are normalized by those of same relative-density regular hexagonal honeycombs with straight cell edges. It is found that the normalized elastic moduli and strengths of regular hexagonal honeycombs decrease with increasing cell curvature and waviness. Meanwhile, the decreases of the normalized elastic moduli and strengths of regular hexagonal honeycombs with circular or sinusoidal cell edges are found to be only dependent on cell curvature and waviness, regardless of their relative density.

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