Origami-inspired structures can manifest a range of interesting characteristics such as
reconfigurability and multi-stablity. Theoretically, the energy of rigid-foldable origami …

In recent years, lattice kirigami metamaterials have attracted considerable attention due to
their unconventional and often intriguing mechanical properties. However, the absence of a …

Mechanical metamaterials and metastructures exhibit superior effective mechanical
properties, such as enhanced energy dissipation and resistance against impact loads …

Sports concussions are a public health concern. Improving helmet performance to reduce
concussion risk is a key part of the research and development community response. Direct …

In recent years, energy-dissipation devices have gained significant attention in seismic
protection engineering because of their effectiveness in mitigating the destructive effects of …

Deployable ring structures have been useful concepts for engineering design applications
due to their smooth transformation from an initially compact configuration to a substantially …

Perforating crease lines has been widely adopted as a practical method for achieving
thickness accommodation in designing engineering origami structures. In a previous work …

The energy performance of a building has a significant impact on the environment as well as
the comfort of its occupants. Given that window systems and control elements such as …

To mitigate or minimize the effect of explosions and save lives, assets, and resources, a
diverse range of methods has been applied to protect civil infrastructures against potential …

The ancient art of origami has inspired the design and fabrication of numerous acoustic and
energy-absorption mechanical metamaterials and metastructures. This study introduces an …