Aerospace
A novel mechanical metamaterial with tunable mechanical and compression-torsion properties
A proposed mechanical metamaterial tunes Poisson’s ratio, elastic modulus, and compression–torsion properties by altering unit cell number and how unit cells are combined, aiming to reduce redesign and manufacturing cost.
4D printing for crack trapping and adaptive damage-tolerant structures
A review synthesizes how 4D printing can enable crack trapping and damage-tolerant behavior through smart, metamaterial-based self-sensing and time-dependent shape change.
4D Printing Technology and Its Application Possibilities in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
4D printing uses smart materials that can change shape or function over time in response to stimuli, offering potential for more adaptive and durable UAV components.
Numerical Study on Shape Recovery Behaviors of Shape Memory Polymer Composite Hinges Considering Hysteresis Effect
A hysteresis-inclusive constitutive model for SMPC hinges enables finite element prediction of recovered configurations and identifies design factors to improve shape recovery ratio.
Integrated damage sensing and self-healing in polymers and composites: Progress and opportunities
The article reviews how integrated damage sensing and self-healing can be achieved in polymers and composites, contrasting living materials with synthetic strategies and outlining opportunities to expand beyond soft polymers.
Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Programmable Origami Metamaterials with Controlled Deployment
A data-free physics-informed neural network enables inverse design of conical Kresling origami metamaterials with programmable multistable energy barriers and controlled, sequential deployment validated on prototypes.
Inverse design of programmable shape-morphing kirigami structures
A two-stage inverse-design framework links kirigami geometry to mechanics to create shape-morphing structures that deploy from compact to target states under mechanical stimuli.
Enabling Rapid Filler‐Free Magnetic Actuation of Shape Memory Polymer Composites Using Woven Carbon Fabrics as Eddy Current Susceptor
A filler-free magnetic induction heating strategy uses conductive woven carbon fabrics in shape memory polymer composites, with laminate lay-up tuned to achieve full shape recovery in 30 s.
Shape-retaining beam-like morphing structures via localized snap through
Bistable arch-on-compliant-base units can snap through to multiple stable shapes, and arrays can be inverse-designed to morph into target stable configurations.
Enhancing Shape Recovery and Mechanical Properties of Bisphenol-A-Epoxy-Based Shape Memory Polymer Composites (SMPCs) Using Amine Curing Agent Blends
Blending Bisphenol-A epoxy SMP with amine curing agents and adding carbon fillers improves curing/mechanics and yields faster, stronger shape recovery, with best results at 3 wt% filler.
Inverse design and additive manufacturing of shape-morphing structures based on functionally graded composites
An inverse design method controls local bending stiffness in functionally graded composites to produce kirigami-like shape-morphing structures that match target 3D shapes in simulations and experiments.
Shape-morphing structures based on perforated kirigami
Perforated kirigami uses a designed porosity distribution (via tapered-width cuts with uniform thickness) to tune bending stiffness and achieve target axisymmetric 3D morphing shapes.
Compliant morphing structures from twisted bulk metallic glass ribbons
Pre-twisted bulk metallic glass ribbons thermoformed into helicoidal stress-free states act as compliant joints, enabling deployable morphing configurations and multi-ribbon systems.
A Three-dimensional Constitutive Model for Polycrystalline Shape Memory Alloys Under Large Strains Combined With Large Rotations
A finite-deformation 3D constitutive model for polycrystalline SMAs is proposed to capture large transformation strains and large rotations using logarithmic strain and internal state variables.
Programmable Surface Dimpling of Textile Metamaterials for Aerodynamic Control
This research introduces a textile metamaterial that adapts its aerodynamic properties through a stretch-induced dimpling mechanism.
PROGRAMMABLE MATTER AND RECONFIGURABLE STRUCTURES USING FIELD-CONTROLLED METAMATERIALS
This research explores a universal platform for programmable metamaterials that can dynamically respond to magnetic and electric fields, enhancing stiffness and wave control.
Flexible multi-band metamaterial absorber with polarization-insensitive electromagnetic stealth
This research presents a flexible electromagnetic metamaterial absorber with high absorption rates and polarization insensitivity, suitable for advanced communication and stealth applications.
Model-Based Design of Antagonistic Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Bistable Structures
This research proposes a predictive model for designing antagonistic shape memory alloy actuators for adaptive bistable structures.