Structural innovation incorporating bio-inspired composites poses a fresh angle to develop
novel lightweight forms with strengthened mechanical properties, among which a must …

Due to their light‐weight and cost‐effectiveness, cellular thermoplastic foams are considered
as important engineering materials. On the other hand, additive manufacturing or 3D printing …

Voronoi-based architected metamaterials have gained significant recognition as promising
candidates for bone defect repair implants. However, the demanding requirements for …

Although defects cannot be avoided in foam materials, they are barely considered in existing
models where relative density plays a dominating role. Despite sharing the same relative …

The dynamic responses of continuous graded foams are investigated experimentally and
numerically. The Voronoi model is employed to construct foam specimens. Graded foams …

Graded foams show great potential in impact protection and blast resistance applications but
a limited experimental study on their compressive behavior has been reported. Thus, this …

Abstract Functional Graded Materials are widely developed in the past decades and graded
foams are introduced recently because such graded foams can exhibit better energy …

Additive manufacturing (AM) enables the design and fabrication of foams with intricate cell
architectures for enhanced mechanical performances in blast and impact mitigation …

Over the past two decades, the use of microwaves for physical foaming of polymers has
undergone significant advancements. Typically, the preparation of polymer foams during …

The macroscopic mechanical performances and the mesostructural deformation
mechanisms of random open-cell polymer foams subjected to quasi-static loading were …