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

Dynamic compressive behaviour of cellular materials is crucial to their applications in
energy absorption, ballistic mitigation and blast/impact protection. The recent research …

Lightweight cellular materials and structures are widely used in load-bearing and energy
absorption applications, because of favorable mechanical properties such as high …

This study investigates the compressive mechanical properties and energy absorption
characteristics of three types of triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) Ti6Al4V cellular …

Additively manufactured lightweight lattice structures are being widely studied, one aspect
being their energy absorption characteristics under large deformation, because their load …

Polyether block amide (PEBA) is a thermoplastic elastomer that offers a unique combination
of low density, flexibility, small hysteresis and excellent flex fatigue resistance. Foaming is an …

In this study, Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)/2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD)
inclusion complexes were prepared by ultrasound-mediated synthesis. EGCG/HP-β-CD and …

The pore collapse mechanisms of closed-cell aluminium foams during quasi-static
compression have been investigated. A suite of experiments and numerical simulations …

This paper combines the finite element (FE) homogenisation and structural assessments to
conduct the multiscale modelling of laminated functionally graded (FG) porous beams made …

Hybrid lattice structures, integrating diverse structural components from fundamental lattice
topologies, have attracted significant attention for their exceptional mechanical properties …