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

Continuous fiber reinforced composite lightweight structures (CFRSs) are widely applied to
aerospace, automobile, marine and other fields due to their high specific strength and …

Continuous fiber reinforced polymer composites (CFRPC) have been widely used in the
field of automobile, aircraft, and space due to light weight, high specific strength and …

The development of additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized the fabrication process
of continuous fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites with its outstanding ability to …

Recently, auxetic metamaterials have turned into an area of growing interest, because of
their deformation uniqueness, design flexibility, and functional diversity. To achieve their …

Novel auxetic tubes (NAT) were designed, fabricated and examined. Their mechanical
properties were compared with the original auxetic tube (OAT) by the finite element method …

Mechanical metamaterials have been attracting increasing attention for a wide range of
industrial applications, such as energy storage, biomedical, sensors, robotics, etc., owing to …

With the development of ordnance technology, the survival and safety of individual
combatants in high-tech warfare are under serious threat, and the Personal Protective …

The rapid growth of textile industry and fast-fashion has led to the production of about 92
million ton of textile waste per year. Nearly 85% of textile waste is disposed of by landfill and …

Combining design optimization and additive manufacturing (AM) enables the full
exploitation of the potential for heightening the performance of carbon fiber reinforced plastic …