In the past decade, particle reinforced foams have been intensively studied and applied in
diverse fields owing to their low weight-to-strength ratio, low cost, and tailorable physical …

Enhancing buffering capacity, flexibility, and energy absorption to withstand large
deformations in structure remains a challenge. Bio-inspired horseshoe lattice structures, with …

Hollow block masonry buildings constructed alongside busy roads are vulnerable to
vehicular impacts resulting in damage to property and harm to the building and vehicle …

Abstract High-melt-strength (HMS) polypropylene (PP) has enabled easy supercritical-CO 2
(scCO 2) foaming of PP. However, producing microcellular PP foams via simple scCO 2 …

Thermochemical foaming of polyolefin (PO) blends with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) is
promising to directly convert polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) mixture into potential …

Expansion tube structures (ETSs) are extensively employed as energy-absorbing
components in protective structures, yet their dynamic response under near-filed explosion …

Expansion tubes have been considered to be promising impact-resistant structures due to
their lightweight and high specific energy absorption capacity. The mechanical behaviors of …

Flexible metamaterials with low modulus but progressively enhanced compressive
resistance have shown huge potential in flexible protection applications for personnel and …

With the rapid growth in defense and civilian industry interests, high-performance materials
like lattice materials capable of resisting high strain-rate loads are urgently required …

Polymer foams and recycled glass beads (GBs) are both promising lightweight porous
materials with excellent energy-absorption performance. The dynamic response of …