Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is an extrusion-based additive manufacturing (AM)
technology mostly used to produce thermoplastic parts. However, producing metallic or …

By employing weak polymers such as proteins and polysaccharides with certain inorganic
materials such as calcium, phosphorus, and silicon, high-impact-tolerant structures are …

Porous structures have attracted much attention because of the advantages of lightweight
and strong energy absorption efficiency. This work proposes a spherical porous structure …

Additive manufacturing is spreading rapidly because it offers great design freedom in
creating intricate lightweight shapes using lattice structures that offer numerous possibilities …

In the current study, a new type of novel lattice structures with the concept of bio-mimicking
three different nature-inspired designs from the honeycomb patterns, the overlapping …

Mass reduction of mechanical systems is a recurrent objective in engineering, which is often
reached by removing material from its mechanical parts. However, this material removal …

The main objective of this study is to fabricate a Novel bio-inspired lattice structure for
energy absorption. A lattice structure design was proposed based on the microstructure of …

In this study, novel sandwich core designs with bio-inspired reinforcements were proposed
and their bending behaviors were comparatively examined. The geometrical shapes of …

Sandwich structures are often used as protective structures on ships. To further improve the
energy-absorbing characteristics of traditional honeycomb sandwich structures, an energy …

Environmental noise pollution is exacerbated by accelerated urbanization and different
sources generate a unique sound spectrum. To address the aforementioned issue, triply …