Mechanical metamaterials are engineered materials with unconventional mechanical
behavior that originates from artificially programmed microstructures along with intrinsic …

Innovative honeycomb-based structures have been paid substantial attention in recent years
due to their superb mechanical performances and specific functions. The presented study …

This paper presents an analytical framework with a bottom-up multi-step approach to predict
the in-plane mechanical properties including the effective Young's modulus and Poisson's …

This paper develops an origami based mechanical metamaterial with programmable
deformation-dependent stiffness and shape modulation, leading to the realization of a …

Although conventional metamaterials possess extraordinary properties, they cannot meet
the practical requirements of engineering structures subjected to both temperature …

Pyramidal lattice sandwich structure (PLSS) exhibits high stiffness and strength-to-weight
ratio which can be effectively utilized for designing light-weight load bearing structures for …

Develo** mechanical materials with high stiffness, strength, and toughness has been a
longstanding pursuit. Conventional engineering materials often experience a trade-off …

A novel origami metamaterial with programmable multi-directional auxeticity is proposed by
hybridizing the concept of re-entrant honeycomb with the Miura pattern. Normal Miura-based …

An analytical framework is developed for predicting the effective in-plane elastic moduli
(longitudinal and transverse Young's modulus, Poisson's ratios and shear modulus) of …

This paper presents a stochastic approach to study the natural frequencies of thin-walled
laminated composite beams with spatially varying matrix cracking damage in a multi-scale …