Deng B, Yu S, Forte A, Tournat V, Bertoldi K.
Characterization, stability, and application of domain walls in flexible mechanical metamaterials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020.
[pdf] [movies] Pal A, Bertoldi K, Pham MQ, Schaenzer M, Gross AJ.
Optimal turbine blade design enabled by auxetic honeycomb. Smart Materials and Structures. 2020;29 : 125004.
[pdf] Fernandes MC, Aizenberg J, Weaver JC, Bertoldi K.
Mechanically robust lattices inspired by deep-sea glass sponges. Nature Materials. 2020.
AbstractThe predominantly deep-sea hexactinellid sponges are known for their ability to construct remarkably complex skeletons from amorphous hydrated silica. The skeletal system of one such species of sponge, Euplectella aspergillum, consists of a square-grid-like architecture overlaid with a double set of diagonal bracings, creating a chequerboard-like pattern of open and closed cells. Here, using a combination of finite element simulations and mechanical tests on 3D-printed specimens of different lattice geometries, we show that the sponge’s diagonal reinforcement strategy achieves the highest buckling resistance for a given amount of material. Furthermore, using an evolutionary optimization algorithm, we show that our sponge-inspired lattice geometry approaches the optimum material distribution for the design space considered. Our results demonstrate that lessons learned from the study of sponge skeletal systems can be exploited for the realization of square lattice geometries that are geometrically optimized to avoid global structural buckling, with implications for improved material use in modern infrastructural applications.
[pdf] Jin L, Forte AE, Deng B, Rafsanjani A, Bertoldi K.
Kirigami-Inspired Inflatables with Programmable Shapes. Advanced Materials. 2020 :2001863.
[pdf] [movies] Babaee S, Pajovic S, Rafsanjani A, Shi Y, Bertoldi K, Traverso G.
Bioinspired kirigami metasurfaces as assistive shoe grips. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2020.
[pdf] [movies] [abaqus scripts] Gorissen B, Melancon D, Vasios N, Torbati M, Bertoldi K.
Inflatable soft jumper inspired by shell snapping. Science Robotics. 2020;5 :eabb1967.
[pdf] [movies] Deng B, Chen L, Wei D, Tournat V, Bertoldi K.
Pulse-driven robot: Motion via solitary waves. Science Advances. 2020;6 :eaaz1166.
[pdf] [movies] Bar-Sinai Y, Librandi G, Bertoldi K, Moshe M.
Geometric charges and nonlinear elasticity of two-dimensional elastic metamaterials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020.
[pdf] Zareei A, Deng B, Bertoldi K.
Harnessing transition waves to realize deployable structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020.
[pdf] [movies] Jin L, Khajehtourian R, Mueller J, Rafsanjani A, Tournat V, Bertoldi K, Kochmann DM.
Guided transition waves in multistable mechanical metamaterials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020.
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