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Computational design of mechanical metamaterials

Nature Computational Science
In the past few years, design of mechanical metamaterials has been empowered by computational tools that have allowed the community to overcome limitations of human intuition. By leveraging efficient optimization algorithms and computational physics models, it is now possible to explore vast design spaces, achieving new material functionalities with ...
Bonfanti S., Hiemer S., Zulkarnain R., Guerra R., Zaiser M., Zapperi S.   +5 more
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Idealized 3D Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterial: An Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Study. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2021
Ghavidelnia N, Bodaghi M, Hedayati R.
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj, Quan‐Chen Song, Jia‐Yang Juang   +2 more
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Hexagonal Tessellation-Based Mechanical Metamaterials

Extreme Mechanics Letters
Mechanical metamaterials based on Euclidean polygonal tessellations represent a new class of architectured materials with the potential to exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties. In this work, we investigate a new class of systems based on the generic hexagonal tessellation with trigonal rotational symmetry and show how this tessellation has the
Moghimimonfared, Reza, Spaggiari, Andrea, Grasselli, Luigi, Mizzi, Luke   +3 more
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li, Shuai Liu, Xinyi Wang, Xinglong Gong, Shouhu Xuan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing output and durability of polymer-based piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters using mechanical metamaterials

Mechanical Engineering Journal
Maintenance-free wearable energy harvesters are attracting attention as an energy source for sensors within the internet of things (IoT) landscape. The effectiveness of vibration energy harvesting uses resonance; therefore, achieving frequency matching ...
Shunta HASEGAWA, Kota MORISHITA, Yuya TANAKA, Gen HASHIGUCHI, Hiroshi TOSHIYOSHI, Takaaki SUZUKI   +5 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
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Elasticity Approach to Predict Shape Transformation of Functionally Graded Mechanical Metamaterial under Tension. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2021
Khoshgoftar MJ, Barkhordari A, Seifoori S, Mirzaali MJ.   +3 more
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3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun, Jan Petrš, Omar Aloui, Dario Floreano   +3 more
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A review on the auxetic mechanical metamaterials and their applications in the field of applied engineering

Frontiers in Materials
Metamaterials are artificially created materials or structures with properties not found in nature. They encompass electromagnetic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials, which are particularly significant in applied engineering.
Volha Siniauskaya, Volha Siniauskaya, Hao Wang, Yadong Liu, Yuhang Chen, Michael Zhuravkov, Yongtao Lyu, Yongtao Lyu   +7 more
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