Additively manufactured materials and structures: A state-of-the-art review on their mechanical characteristics and energy absorption

Y Wu, J Fang, C Wu, C Li, G Sun, Q Li - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lightweight materials and structures have been extensively studied for a wide range of
applications in design and manufacturing of more environment-friendly and more …

Concurrent optimization of structural topology and toolpath for additive manufacturing of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer composites

H Ren, D Wang, G Liu, DW Rosen, Y Xiong - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advancement of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer additive manufacturing (CFRP-AM)
enables the fabrication of lightweight structures with intricate geometries and superior …

[HTML][HTML] A nodal-based optimization method for the design of continuous fiber-reinforced structures

X Zhang, YM Xie, Q Li, C Wang, Z Zhuang, H Li… - Composite …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanical performance of fiber-reinforced structures highly relies on fibers' paths in
the matrix material. Unlike the level set method that offsets the zero-level contours of a …

Strength-based collaborative topology optimization for continuous fiber reinforced composites

G Li, Y Chen, Q Li - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The diverse and complex failure modes of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites
impose a significant challenge on optimization of both structural topology and fiber path …

Inverse design of magneto-active metasurfaces and robots: Theory, computation, and experimental validation

C Wang, Z Zhao, XS Zhang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Magneto-active structures can undergo rapid and reversible deformations under untethered
magnetic fields. The capability to design such structures to achieve programmable shape …

Topology optimization for additive manufacturing of CFRP structures

Y Xu, Z Feng, Y Gao, C Wu, J Fang, G Sun… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Combining design optimization and additive manufacturing (AM) enables the full
exploitation of the potential for heightening the performance of carbon fiber reinforced plastic …

Optimization with manufacturing constraints for composite laminates reinforced by curvilinear fibers through a parametric level set method

Y Tian, T Shi, Q Xia - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design optimization with manufacturing constraints for composite
laminates reinforced by curvilinear fibers by using a parametric level set method. In each …

Optimal design of thin-layered composites for type IV vessels: finite element analysis enhanced by ANN

FD Li, XD Chen, P Xu, ZC Fan, Q Wang, CS Lyu… - Thin-Walled …, 2023 - Elsevier
For a type IV hydrogen storage vessel, the complexity of the mechanical system is a result of
the increased number of thin-layered composites and geometrical details at dome parts …

Continuous fiber reinforced meta-composites with tailorable Poisson's ratio and effective elastic modulus: design and experiment

G Li, Y Chen, G Wei - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Auxetic metamaterials, ie, with negative Poisson's ratio are attracting increasing attention.
This study develops a novel method to design and investigate continuous fiber-reinforced …

Topology optimization for fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) composite for frequency responses

F Xie, Y Gao, D Meng, Y Xu, C Wu, J Fang… - Computer Methods in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites exhibit significant potential in lightweight and
multifunctionality due to its superior designability, which have been extensively employed in …