In this study, an energy absorption lattice, comprised of multiple tetra-beam-plate unit cells
with negative stiffness, was designed, fabricated by selective laser sintering method, and …

Millions of years of evolution have allowed animals to develop unusual locomotion
capabilities. A striking example is the legless-jumping of click beetles and trap-jaw ants …

As promising materials, the NS mechanical metamaterials bring new alternatives for energy-
absorbing materials, but also research challenges in performance prediction considering …

Bistable beams with prebuckled sinusoidal shape are prominently constructed into
mechanical metamaterial unit cells with bi-and multi-stability. While the effects of boundary …

To solve the problem of insufficient constant-force stroke of the compliant constant force
mechanism (CFM), a FEA-based optimization method based on structural parameters is …

Fluid flow passing a post-buckled sheet placed between two close confining walls induces
periodic snap-through oscillations and contacts that can be employed for triboelectric energy …

Snapping mechanisms are investigated for an elastic strip with ends imposed to move and
rotate in time. Attacking the problem analytically via Euler's elastica and the second variation …

The snap-through analysis of shallow doubly hinged sinusoidal nano-arches subjected to
sinusoidal load, considering the nonlocal effects, by using the stress-driven nonlocal model …

Bistable mechanisms have two stable equilibrium positions separated by a higher energy
unstable equilibrium position. They are well suited for microswitches, microrelays, and many …

The origami waterbomb base (WB) is a single-vertex bistable mechanism that can be
generalized to accommodate various geometric, kinematic, and kinetic needs. The …