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 …

This work presents a comparative study on the reliability of auxetic (re-entrant honeycomb)
and non-auxetic (diamond lattice and conventional honeycomb) lattice composites. The …

The present research work is aimed to investigate the effect of infill pattern, density and
material types of 3D printed cubes under quasi-static axial compressive loading. The …

Laminated composite structures have a distinct inherent potential for optimization due to
their tailorability and their associated complex failure mechanisms that makes intuitive …

Polymethacrylimide (PMI) foams exhibit great potentials in engineering applications thanks
to its outstanding lightweight and superior mechanical properties. However, the temperature …

An efficient route for the synthesis of lignin-derived carbon foams by thermal decomposition
of an organic colloid template is described. Lignin, resorcinol, and formaldehyde were …

In many applications, polymeric foams (such as expanded polystyrene or expanded
polypropylene) are used for protection from impacts. Standard design requires the foam to …

Background A better understanding of the effect of density, microstructure, and strain rate on
the mechanical response of polymeric foam materials is needed to improve their …

High-performance microcellular polymer foams have been widely used all over the world,
while the excessive usage of petroleum-based polymers caused serious environmental …

Structural optimization has been shown to be an invaluable tool for solving large-scale
challenging design problems, and this work concerns such optimization of a state-of-the-art …