Mechanical metamaterials and their engineering applications

JU Surjadi, L Gao, H Du, X Li, X Xiong… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decade, mechanical metamaterials have garnered increasing attention owing to
its novel design principles which combine the concept of hierarchical architecture with …

A state-of-the-art review on types, design, optimization, and additive manufacturing of cellular structures

A Nazir, KM Abate, A Kumar, JY Jeng - The International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Cellular structures are made up of an interconnected network of plates, struts, or small unit
cells and acquire many unique benefits such as, high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing (3D printing): A review of materials, methods, applications and challenges

TD Ngo, A Kashani, G Imbalzano, KTQ Nguyen… - Composites Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Freedom of design, mass customisation, waste minimisation and the ability to manufacture
complex structures, as well as fast prototyping, are the main benefits of additive …

Nanolattices: an emerging class of mechanical metamaterials

J Bauer, LR Meza, TA Schaedler… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 1903, Alexander Graham Bell developed a design principle to generate
lightweight, mechanically robust lattice structures based on triangular cells; this has since …

Approaching theoretical strength in glassy carbon nanolattices

J Bauer, A Schroer, R Schwaiger, O Kraft - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
The strength of lightweight mechanical metamaterials, which aim to exploit material-
strengthening size effects by their microscale lattice structure, has been limited by the …

Metallic microlattice materials: A current state of the art on manufacturing, mechanical properties and applications

MG Rashed, M Ashraf, RAW Mines, PJ Hazell - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
Metallic microlattice is a new class of material that combines useful mechanical properties of
metals with smart geometrical orientations providing greater stiffness, strength-to-weight …

Ultralight metallic microlattices

TA Schaedler, AJ Jacobsen, A Torrents, AE Sorensen… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Ultralight (< 10 milligrams per cubic centimeter) cellular materials are desirable for thermal
insulation; battery electrodes; catalyst supports; and acoustic, vibration, or shock energy …

Finite element modelling of the compressive response of lattice structures manufactured using the selective laser melting technique

M Smith, Z Guan, WJ Cantwell - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Previous work on lightweight energy-absorbing truss based structures has highlighted the
potential of SLM-built lattices. Finite element models have been developed to predict the …

Reexamining the mechanical property space of three-dimensional lattice architectures

LR Meza, GP Phlipot, CM Portela, A Maggi… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Lightweight materials that are simultaneously strong and stiff are desirable for a range of
applications from transportation to energy storage to defense. Micro-and nanolattices …

Compressive behaviour of stainless steel micro-lattice structures

R Gümrük, RAW Mines - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on investigating the mechanical static compression behaviour of 316L
stainless steel micro-lattice materials manufactured using selective laser melting method. In …