Current research on the anisotropy of mechanical metamaterials primarily focuses on the elastic properties. However, complex multiaxial loading environments in practical engineering applications demand improved isotropy in plastic properties. Traditional lattice materials often exhibit significant anisotropy in elasticity, yield strength and energy absorption. The hollow truss-stellated plate (HTSP) hybrid mechanical metamaterials with elasto-plastic isotropy are proposed in this study. The theoretical models for predicting the yield strength based on the multiaxial stress states and the extended Hill (E-H) anisotropic yield criterion are developed, and the novel yield anisotropy index is further proposed. The results demonstrate that the proposed yield anisotropy index realizes the effective quantification of the orientational dependence of the yield strength of lattice materials. Compression experiments are carried out on the HTSP lattice specimens, which indicate that they exhibit highly consistent elasto-plastic mechanical properties of different orientations. The HTSP lattices exhibit both elastic isotropy and nearly isotropy in yield strength and energy absorption, with performance deviations of all orientations controlled within 10%. Compared with most porous materials, particularly other isotropic lattice materials, the HTSP lattices exhibit significant advantages in energy absorption. This unique combination of nearly isotropic mechanical properties, high energy absorption and low stress fluctuations makes the HTSP lattices highly promising for applications in complex service environments, such as multi-directional impact load protection. The proposed theoretical model for yield strength prediction and the yield anisotropy index offer a theoretical foundation and a quantitative tool for designing novel isotropic mechanical metamaterials.
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