This paper presents the first method to enable friction in the Third Medium Contact (TMC)
method. TMC embeds a solid in a highly compliant medium, which becomes infinitely stiff …

This paper introduces a novel regularization term, denoted “HuHu-LuLu”, for Third Medium
Contact (TMC), and shows its usefulness in 2D and 3D topology optimization problems with …

Preemptive identification of potential failure under loading of engineering structures is a
critical challenge. Our study presents an innovative approach to design built-in prefailure …

Modular designs have gained popularity because they can generally address manufacturing
efficiency, reusability, and sustainability concerns. Here, we contribute to the growing field …

Third medium contact can be applied in situations where large deformations occur and self-
contact is possible. Starting with Wriggers et al.(2013), this approach has been further …

Topology optimization is used to systematically design contact-aided thermo-mechanical
regulators, ie components whose effective thermal conductivity is tunable by mechanical …

Pattern-forming metamaterials feature microstructures specifically designed to change the
material's macroscopic properties due to internal instabilities. These can be triggered either …

Multiscale structures, including metamaterials, can exhibit highly nonlinear behavior at the
macroscale by adjusting the properties of their microscale unit cells. In this paper we …

Third medium contact can be applied in situations where large deformations occur and self-
contact is possible. Starting with Wriggers et al.(2013), this approach has been further …

Third medium contact can be applied in situations where large deformations occur and
selfcontact is possible. Starting with Wriggers et al.(2013), this approach has been further …