Honeycombs are ultra-light materials with outstanding mechanical properties, which mainly
originate from their unit cell configurations rather than the properties of matrix materials …

This study aims at introducing a number of two-dimensional (2D) re-entrant based zero
Poisson's ratio (ZPR) graded metamaterials for energy absorption applications. The …

Nonlinear vibration isolators with low dynamic stiffness have advantages compared to linear
isolators, but they also have limitations in terms of the maximum allowable displacement …

Recently, negative stiffness (NS) has been applied in dynamic vibration absorbers (DVAs) to
achieve better control performance on dynamic responses. However, the adoption of NS …

Vibration isolation performance at low-frequency ranges before resonance is a vital
characteristic that conventional springs cannot exhibit. This paper introduces a novel zero …

In recent years, the design and development of negative-stiffness metamaterials and
metastructures have been considered a research field with great potential for applications …

Negative stiffness (NS) is effective to enhance the control performance of dynamic vibration
absorbers (DVAs) on dynamic excitations. Traditional optimal design of NS-DVAs is based …

Negative stiffness (NS) metamaterials are kinds of artificial mechanical materials that exhibit
the negative stiffness effect governed by different mechanical mechanisms, among which …

Negative stiffness (NS) metamaterials have been widely studied in the fields of shock
isolation and energy absorption due to their special properties. For various application …

With unique mechanical properties, negative stiffness (NS) structures have presented
significant advantages in energy absorption. In recent years, NS structures consisting of …