Mechanics of hard-magnetic soft materials: A review

L Lu, J Sim, RR Zhao - Mechanics of Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Hard-magnetic soft materials are a class of magnetically responsive composites obtained by
embedding hard-magnetic particles into a soft polymeric matrix. They have found …

A discrete model for the geometrically nonlinear mechanics of hard-magnetic slender structures

W Huang, M Liu, KJ Hsia - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Hard-magnetic soft (HMS) materials and structures, which can undergo rapid configurational
transformation under non-contact magnetic stimuli, have attracted extensive attentions in a …

Snap buckling of bistable beams under combined mechanical and magnetic loading

A Abbasi, TG Sano, D Yan… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We investigate the mechanics of bistable, hard-magnetic, elastic beams, combining
experiments, finite-element modelling (FEM) and a reduced-order theory. The beam is made …

Length manipulation of hard magnetic particle chains under rotating magnetic fields

Z Hu, C Zhang, H Sun, X Ma, P Zhao - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetic soft robots have the advantages of fast response, high flexibility, and strong
functionality, making them a research focus in the field of soft robots. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] A microstructure enhancement method for hard magnetic particle chains based on magnetic field oscillation sieve

Z Hu, C Zhang, H Sun, H Dai, D Tang, H Hu, T Li, J Fu… - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Magnetic actuation has emerged as a prominent method in soft robots due to its charming
advantages on diverse magnetization designs, which heavily rely on the microstructures …

[HTML][HTML] Stretch-independent magnetization in incompressible isotropic hard magnetorheological elastomers

K Danas, PM Reis - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies on magnetically hard, particle-filled magnetorheological elastomers (h-
MREs) have revealed their stretch-independent magnetization response after full pre …

Physics-based discrete models for magneto-mechanical metamaterials

G Alkuino, T Zhang - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
Magneto-mechanical metamaterials are emerging smart materials whose mechanical
responses can be tailored through structure architecture and magnetic interactions. The …