[HTML][HTML] Design–material transition threshold of ribbon kirigami

Y Chen, R He, S Hu, Z Zeng, T Guo, J Feng, P Sareh - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Never better than 5/6: The fundamental limit of energy absorption efficiency for negative-stiffness curved-beam honeycombs

N Liu, N Mehreganian, P Sareh - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, the design and development of negative-stiffness metamaterials and
metastructures have been considered a research field with great potential for applications …

High-cycle folding fatigue mechanics of a bistable composite tape-spring

X Chen, D Du, B Wang, S Jiang, C Guan, S Zhong - Materials Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
A bistable composite tape-spring (CTS) is a thin-walled open slit tube, which can be coiled
or folded into two stable configurations. The CTS has been applied to roll-out-solar-array …