Lightweight lattice metamaterials can effectively enhance the impact resistance of thin-
walled structures. With the aim of further investigating the potential of lattice-filled composite …

Hybridization is an effective approach to designing new lattice structures. In this paper, a
novel hybrid lattice design is proposed with nested cell topology combining inner stretching …

Architected materials typically rely on regular periodic patterns to achieve improved
mechanical properties such as stiffness or fracture toughness. Here we introduce a class of …

In this work, we introduce a class of novel bi-material composite triangular lattice structures.
The inverse design of these structures is achieved by using a data-driven method. They …

This paper focuses on the potential of curvy mechanical metamaterials to show how
topological design can significantly enhance fracture toughness along the in-plane and out …

Obtaining intergranular and transgranular fractures through grain boundary engineering has
been considered an efficient technique that improves the effective fracture toughness of …

A hollow auxetic cylinder lattice structure (HCLS) is proposed with tapered three-
dimensional reentrant cells (TRCs) and connecting plates. The compressive performance of …

This paper introduces a novel hybrid honeycomb (HC) design achieved by continuously
blending non-auxetic hexagonal and auxetic re-entrant cell geometries along the out-of …

The advent of additive manufacturing technology empowers precise control of multi-material
components or specific defects in lightweight lattice metamaterials, however, fracture …

A framework of the topology optimization incorporated with the phase field method
considering the interfacial damage for optimizing the fracture resistance of inclusion-matrix …