Increasing the heat transfer rate of heat transfer equipment is an ever-lasting topic in thermal
engineering. Due to the advantages of light weight, high specific surface, high thermal …

Porous metals have been under development for nearly a century, but commercial adoption
remains limited. This development has followed two primary routes: liquid state or solid state …

Cellular structures are promising candidates for additive manufacturing (AM) due to their
lower material and energy consumption. In this work, an efficient method is proposed for …

The effect of pore size and porosity on the performance of phase change material (PCM)
infiltrated metal foams, especially when the pore size reduces to less than 100 μm, is …

Structures currently used for energy absorption include foams, composites, and
honeycombs. Recent studies have indicated the potential of triply periodic minimal surfaces …

This work presents a topology optimization approach for lattice structures subjected to
thermal and mechanical loads. The focus of this work is the design of injection molds. The …

Three-dimensional porous architectures of graphene are desirable for energy storage,
catalysis, and sensing applications. Yet it has proven challenging to devise scalable …

Dual pore network polymer foams are categorized as foams having two interconnected pore
networks of varying sizes. Potential applications of these foams are in the biomedical field …

Over the last ten years, magnesium (Mg)-based syntactic foams (SFs) have gained
significant attention and their popularity continues to grow. This is because they possess …

Topology optimization and cellular structure infilling are two important approaches to
achieve a lightweight design while meeting the relevant mechanical property requirements …