For the protection of the human head by energy absorption structures, a soft mechanical
response upon contact with the head is required to mitigate the effect of impact, while a hard …

Cellulose based materials are widely used in various fields such as papermaking,
packaging, composite materials, textiles and clothing due to their diverse types …

This study involved the design of energy absorbing structures that have precisely tailored
performances based on the differences between the bifurcated motions of a Tachi-Miura …

In recent years, origami honeycomb metamaterials have garnered extensive attention from
researchers. Re-entrant origami honeycomb metamaterials exhibit excellent mechanical …

The ribbon kirigami pattern has garnered significant attention over the past decade because
of its interesting geometric and mechanical properties such as extreme elongation and high …

Amid accelerating globalization and resource scarcity, rapid urbanization and population
mobility have made sustainable development a critical issue for cities. Frequent relocations …

Two-dimensional aperiodic lattices emerge as remarkably isotropic metamaterials with
potentially unconventional mechanical behavior. This study investigates numerically …

Origami folding structures are vital in shaping programmable mechanical material
properties. Of particular note, tunable dynamical properties of elastic wave propagation in …

We investigate the reconfigurability and tunability of the tessellation of Tachi-Miura
Polyhedron (TMP), an origami-based cellular structure composed of bellows-like unit cells …

Purpose A new mechanical metamaterial with a periodic fractal honeycomb structure was
designed and optimized based on the vibration and noise reduction demand in engineering …