Novel energy-absorbing structures were a crucial requirement for the structural
crashworthiness design in the automotive and aerospace industries. Inspired by the unique …

In this study, a novel approach is proposed to enhance the crushing efficiency and energy-
absorbing performance of origami metastructure by incorporating the shear thickening fluid …

Metastructures have drawn extensive attention from researchers due to their excellent
mechanical properties. In this paper, to further enhance the mechanical properties of the re …

An improved double-arrow auxetic honeycomb metamaterial (MDAH) with two-step
deformation mode was proposed and manufactured, and its in-plane crushing behavior was …

The honeycomb structure with a negative Poisson's ratio, inspired by the Miura origami unit,
exhibits three-dimensional negative Poisson's ratio characteristics and effective energy …

Origami structure has become an important design source of metamaterials because of its
extremely rich form and infinite design space. In order to improve the wave attenuation and …

Curved sandwich structures have demonstrated great potential for engineering applications.
However, little study on the impact resistance of the curved Miura-ori sandwich structure is …

In this paper, a liquid-solid origami composite design is proposed for the improvement of
impact resistance. Employing this design strategy, Kresling origami composite structures …

Auxetic metamaterials have shown good stability and uniform deformation capabilities
against influences (vibration, temperature change, load change), making them significant in …

Origami metamaterials exhibit abnormal mechanical properties through artful structural
design. To further explore the mechanical behavior of reentrant metamaterials, a multi …