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Item Strength Enhancement of cellular structures through selective reinforcement of elements based on analytical modeling(University of Texas at Austin, 2023) Koju, Naresh; Yang, LiThis work investigates the strength enhancement of 2D cellular structures via individual element thickness optimization based on the analytical model for critical elements. To focus on the investigation of the enhancement method, a rather simplified perfectly elastic material property was assumed, and an analytical model was utilized to identify the critical element of several cellular structure designs. Stepwise element thickness enhancement was utilized to investigate the effectiveness of overall strength enhancement. The results indicate that the strength of cellular structures can be improved by selectively reinforcing critical elements. In addition, the enhanced cellular structures also exhibit altered fracture failure characteristics that could potentially be exploited for more application objectives.