In nature, repeated base units produce handed structures that selectively bond to make rigid
or compliant materials. Auxetic tilings are scale-independent frameworks made from …

This paper presents a novel application of tensegrity systems as lightweight and
noninvasive braces for seismically resistant structures. The analyzed braces consist of D-bar …

Nonlinear structural behaviour offers a richness of response that cannot be replicated within
a traditional linear design paradigm. However, designing robust and reliable nonlinearity …

Abstract (Meta-) Materials, eg functional or architectured materials that change shape in
response to external stimuli, often do so by exploiting solid–solid phase transitions or …

Non-linear structural responses offer a rich design space that can be integrated into the
development of novel (meta)-materials to enable transformative capabilities. By exploiting …

We derive general conditions for the design of two-dimensional stiffest elastic networks with
tetrakis-like (or 'Union Jack'-like) topology. Upon generalizing recent results for tetrakis …

Advances in both structural analysis and (meta-) material engineering has allowed pre-
viously uncharted (and often highly nonlinear) areas of the response space of elastic …

Helical lattice structures as investigated by Pirrera et al.[1] possess non-linear elastic
responses that may be tuned to offer various distinct behaviours such as zero stiffness and …