A heat shield called the thermal protection system (TPS) is an important structure in
hypersonic vehicles as it prevents hot air from entering vehicles and potential impacts from …

Honeycomb structures, inspired from bee honeycombs, had found widespread applications
in various fields, including architecture, transportation, mechanical engineering, chemical …

Thin sheets have long been known to experience an increase in stiffness when they are
bent, buckled, or assembled into smaller interlocking structures. We introduce a unique …

Thin-walled structures have been widely applied as energy absorption devices due to their
lightweight, high energy dissipating capability through large deformation, and low cost. The …

Abstract Ti–6Al–4V reticulated meshes with different elements (cubic, G7 and rhombic
dodecahedron) in Materialise software were fabricated by additive manufacturing using the …

In this paper, the bending performances of sandwich panels with corrugated triangular,
honeycomb, aluminum foam, pyramidal truss, double sine corrugated (DSC), and 3D re …

A series of experimental investigations and numerical analyses is presented into the
compression response, and subsequent failure modes in corrugated-core sandwich panels …

Lattice structures are an important aspect of design for additive manufacturing (DfAM). They
enable significant component light-weighting and the tailoring of a wide range of physical …

An origami metamaterial with two-stage programmable compressive strength is proposed by
combining the stacked Miura-origami and rhombic honeycomb structure. By adjusting the …

As an emerging field, mechanical metamaterials have brought new options for energy
absorption. Herein, the corrugated wall mechanical metamaterial with unique deformation …