Decoupling local mechanics from large-scale structure in modular metamaterials.

ABSTRACT: A defining feature of mechanical metamaterials is that their properties are determined by the organization of internal structure instead of the raw fabrication materials. This shift of attention to engineering internal degrees of freedom has coaxed relatively simple materials into exhibiting a wide range of remarkable mechanical properties. For practical applications to be realized, however, this nascent understanding of metamaterial design must be translated into a capacity for engineering large-scale structures with prescribed mechanical functionality. Thus, the challenge is to systematically map desired functionality of large-scale structures backward into a design scheme while using finite parameter domains. Such "inverse design" is often complicated by the deep coupling between large-

SUBMITTER: Yang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5389267 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature