Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

Mechanical metamaterials: a state of the art

E Barchiesi, M Spagnuolo… - … and Mechanics of Solids, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we give a review of the state of the art in the study of mechanical
metamaterials. The very attractive property of having a microstructure capable of …

Pantographic metamaterials: an example of mathematically driven design and of its technological challenges

F Dell'Isola, P Seppecher, JJ Alibert… - Continuum Mechanics …, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, we account for the research efforts that have been started, for some among us,
already since 2003, and aimed to the design of a class of exotic architectured, optimized …

A survey of modeling of lattice structures fabricated by additive manufacturing

G Dong, Y Tang, YF Zhao - Journal of …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The lattice structure is a type of cellular material with trusslike frames which can be
optimized for specific loading conditions. The fabrication of its intricate architecture is …

Advances in pantographic structures: design, manufacturing, models, experiments and image analyses

F dell'Isola, P Seppecher, M Spagnuolo… - Continuum Mechanics …, 2019 - Springer
In the last decade, the exotic properties of pantographic metamaterials have been
investigated and different mathematical models (both discrete or continuous) have been …

Obtaining auxetic and isotropic metamaterials in counterintuitive design spaces: an automated optimization approach and experimental characterization

T Meier, R Li, S Mavrikos, B Blankenship… - npj Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advancements in manufacturing, finite element analysis (FEA), and optimization
techniques have expanded the design possibilities for metamaterials, including isotropic …

Hencky-type discrete model for pantographic structures: numerical comparison with second gradient continuum models

E Turco, F Dell'Isola, A Cazzani, NL Rizzi - Zeitschrift für angewandte …, 2016 - Springer
Hencky (Über die angenäherte Lösung von Stabilitätsproblemen im Raum mittels der
elastischen Gelenkkette. Ph. D. thesis, Engelmann, 1921) proposed a discrete model for …

A strain gradient variational approach to damage: a comparison with damage gradient models and numerical results

L Placidi, E Barchiesi, A Misra - Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex …, 2018 - msp.org
The global response of experimental uniaxial tests cannot be homogeneous, because of the
unavoidable presence of localized deformations, which is always preferential from an …

Strain gradient and generalized continua obtained by homogenizing frame lattices

H Abdoul-Anziz, P Seppecher - Mathematics and mechanics of complex …, 2018 - msp.org
We determine the effective behavior of periodic structures made of welded elastic bars.
Taking into account the fact that flexural and torsional stiffnesses are much smaller than the …

Linear pantographic sheets: asymptotic micro-macro models identification

C Boutin, I Giorgio, L Placidi - Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex …, 2017 - msp.org
In this paper we consider linear pantographic sheets, which in their natural configuration are
constituted by two orthogonal arrays of straight fibers interconnected by internal pivots. We …