A review on factors affecting the mechanical properties of additively-manufactured lattice structures

R Liu, W Chen, J Zhao - Journal of Materials Engineering and …, 2024 - Springer
A lattice structure is a typical high-strength lightweight material. In this work, the influence of
materials, loading direction, gradient, and hybrid topology on the mechanical characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-inspired design and unusual mechanical properties of 3D horseshoe-shaped soft network metamaterials

J Zhou, J Chang, X Song, ZY Li, LY Zhang, H Li… - Composites Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological tissues possess high stretchability and nonlinear mechanical response owing to
their wavy and crimped microstructure. The metamaterials exhibit unusual physical and …

A programmable modular lattice metamaterial with multiple deformations

H Chen, Y Yao, Y Liu, J Leng… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes a class of lattice metamaterials with tunable mechanical properties
controlled by the material modulus and structural parameters of the cellular units. The …

A temperature-regulated multi-material compression-torsion metamaterial with local bistability

H Chen, Y Yao, Y Liu, W Bian - Thin-Walled Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
In this paper, based on the compression-torsion coupling structure, we designed and
fabricated a structure that exhibits a temperature-controlled local bistability phenomenon …

Research on the shear band suppression mechanism in strut-based lattice structures by oblique graded design

Y Zhu, F Xu, L Duan, B Ma, Y Liu, X Niu… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Under compressive loads, shear band formation in lattice structures can lead to stress
fluctuations, resulting in a decrease in energy absorption capacity. To specifically suppress …

New topology design of 3D chiral metamaterials with compression-twist coupling effect

X Chen, S Zhuang, T He, M Feng - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Chiral structure can be used for compression-twist coupling (CTC) metamaterials, exhibiting
twist deformation under axial compression. In this study, a series of chiral CTC …