Lightweight materials and structures have been extensively studied for a wide range of
applications in design and manufacturing of more environment-friendly and more …

Lightweight metallic cellular materials (MCMs) have been seen in numerous engineering
applications to date, primarily due to their excellent mechanical characteristics such as low …

As a result of their mechanical characteristics, biological structures often provide inspiration
for the development of high-performance mechanical structures. Nevertheless, traditional …

Lattice structures, produced by repeated unit cells in the particular pattern, offer a high
strength-to-weight ratio. The current advancement in Additive manufacturing (AM) …

Designing metallic cellular structures with triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) sheet cores
is a novel approach for lightweight and multi-functional structural applications. Different from …

Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS), which have zero mean curvature and large surface
areas, are discussed in this paper. Two TPMS structures, the Schwarz Primitive (P) and …

A major advantage of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies is the ability to print
customized products, which makes these technologies well suited for the orthopedic …

Functionally graded (FG) lattice structures have attracted attention for their potential
application in lightweighting and energy absorption. In this study, functionally graded sheet …

The advent of 3D printing brought about the possibilities of microlattice metamaterials as
advanced materials with the potentials to surpass the functionalities of traditional materials …

Nature has a wide range of biological protection strategies that show resilience to impact
loading. These strategies also serve a certain amount of flexibility that contribute to body …