Lightweight materials and structures have been extensively studied for a wide range of
applications in design and manufacturing of more environment-friendly and more …

With the swift advancement of aerospace, shipbuilding and engineering, the significance of
sandwich structures with cellular cores is becoming increasingly prominent due to their multi …

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

It is widely known that the availability of lightweight structures with excellent energy
absorption capacity is essential for numerous engineering applications. Inspired by many …

The current paper is intended to provide an overview on the current state of the art for
sandwich structures marine applications to support their wider application and identify the …

Following nature's design principles, biological entities have evolved to be highly efficient
and multifunctional to maximize all the available materials and structures and to survive in …

Grid structures have great potential for engineering application, inspired by the leaf texture,
the rectangular grid is innovatively added to the honeycomb to form the grid-honeycomb …

The review outlines modern trends in theoretical developments, novel designs and modern
applications of sandwich structures. The most recent work published at the time of writing of …

It is a challenging task to advance the excellent strength and structural performance of
sandwich structures, while continuing to reduce the weight and cost parameters. Thousands …

Auxetics are a unique class of materials that exhibit a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) owing
to their distinguish deformation behavior. However, some auxetics are either weak in their in …